The Big One (by Michael Moore)

[ People Clapping,

Cheering ]

[ Man ]

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU.

I WANTED TO SEE

IF A POLITICIAN WOULD

ACCEPT MONEY FROM ANYONE.

YOU KNOW, AND I MEAN

ANYONE, ALL RIGHT ?

I DON'T MEAN, LIKE,

R.J. REYNOLDS,

WHICH GAVE A MILLION DOLLARS

TO THE REPUBLICANS...

AND A HALF A MILLION DOLLARS

TO THE NON-SMOKING

DEMOCRATS THIS YEAR.

[ Audience Laughs ]

I'M TALKING ABOUT

TRULY DESPICABLE GROUPS.

SO I FORMED FOUR OF THOSE

DESPICABLE GROUPS MYSELF.

[ Laughter ]

GOT A BANK TO GIVE ME

A CHECKING ACCOUNT

FOR EACH OF THEM,

WITH THE NAME OF THE GROUP

ON THE CHECK,

AND THEN SENT $100 CONTRIBUTIONS

TO EACH OF THE CANDIDATES.

SO BOB DOLE RECEIVED $100

FROM THE SATAN WORSHIPERS

FOR DOLE CLUB.

[ Laughter ]

UH, CLINTON GOT $100

FROM THE HEMP GROWERS

OF AMERICA.

UH, PAT BUCHANAN GOT $100

FROM ABORTIONISTS

FOR BUCHANAN.

[ Laughter ]

AND...ROSS PEROT GOT $100

FROM THE PEDOPHILES

FOR FREE TRADE.

[ Laughter ]

AND WHO DO YOU THINK

CASHED THE CHECK FIRST ?

[ People Shouting ]

THAT'S RIGHT,

PAT BUCHANAN.

AND HERE'S THE CHECK RIGHT HERE,

THE ACTUAL CHECK, WITH HIS

ENDORSEMENT ON THE BACK.

[ Applause ]

ABORTIONISTS FOR BUCHANAN.

MR. "RIGHT TO LIFE"

HIMSELF.THE CLINTON-GORE CAMPAIGN

CASHED THEIR CHECK FROM

THE HEMP GROWERS OF AMERICA.

RIGHT HERE.

THE THING LOOKS LIKE

IT HAD BEEN ROLLED UP...

AND STASHED AWAY FOR ABOUT

WHO KNOWS HOW LONG.

BUT YOU KNOW HOW IT IS WHEN

YOU'RE RECEIVING CONTRIBUTIONS

FROM HEMP GROWERS.

AND ROSS PEROT SENT US

A LOVELY FORM LETTER...

THAT OBVIOUSLY WAS

SPIT OUT OF SOME COMPUTER,

'CAUSE IT SAID,

"I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU

AND YOUR FELLOW PEDOPHILES

FOR YOUR SUPPORT."

[ Laughter, Applause ]

IT'S TRUE.

[ Laughs ]

OH, WE LIVE IN SICK TIMES.

SICK, SICK TIMES.

[ Bell Clanging ]

[ Moore Narrating ] YOU KNOW,

I ALWAYS LIKE TO SEE PEOPLE

HAPPY AND HAVING A GOOD TIME.

TAKE THESE PEOPLE,

FOR INSTANCE.

THEY'VE BEEN HAVING

A REAL GOOD TIME.

ME ?

WELL, I'VE BEEN

OUT OF WORK.

SO I DID WHAT

MOST PEOPLE LIKE ME DO

WHEN THEY CAN'T GET A JOB--

I WROTE A BOOK !

DOWNSIZE THIS! RANDOM THREATS

FROM AN UNARMED AMERICAN.

I SOLD IT TO RANDOM HOUSE.

THEY ASKED ME

IF I WOULDN'T MIND...

GOING ON A LITTLE AUTHOR TOUR,

SAY FOUR OR FIVE CITIES.

I SAID,

"SURE-- SOUNDS GOOD,"

ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING I HAD

NO COLLEGE EDUCATION AND FLUNKED

12th GRADE ENGLISH.

I KIND OF LIKED

THE IDEA OF BEING PART

OF A GO-GO ECONOMY.

I COULD SEE IT NOW--

PULITZERS, NOBELS...

AND APPEARANCES

ON THE JERRY SPRINGER SHOW.

[ Crowd Clamoring ]

THERE WAS JUST

ONE LITTLE PROBLEM

WITH MY MASTER PLAN:

THAT CHECK

I WROTE THE PRESIDENT.

SEEMS THE WHITE HOUSE

DIDN'T LIKE IT.

I TOLD THEM I WAS JUST

HAVING SOME FUN.

...HE WAS A DANGEROUS PERSON.

[ Moore ]

BOY, HE SURE SEEMED

DEFENSIVE.

OF COURSE, AT THAT TIME

NONE OF US KNEW...

THAT LOTS OF OTHER PEOPLE

WERE WRITING CHECKS

TO THE PRESIDENT--

AND GETTING BETTER PERKS

THAN ME.WHEN IT LOOKED LIKE I WASN'T

GONNA HAVE THE NORMAL

AUTHOR TOUR,

I CALLED UP A FEW FILMMAKING

FRIENDS OF MINE--

TIA, JIM,BRIAN AND CHRIS--

AND TOLD THEM

TO GATHER THEIR GEAR

AND MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS.

...NOT YOU, BUT--

CHRIS, NEVER THROW AWAY

YOUR TICKETS.

WHY DON'T YOU DO

A SPECIAL ON US ?

ON HOW MUCH

YOU MAKE AND, UH--

AND HOW MUCH WORK WE DO.

DID YOU EVER GET

YOUR UNION BACK ?

WELL, WE, YOU KNOW--

KIND OF, SORT OF.

SORT OF.WE'LL TELL YA THE NEXT TIME,

IF WE DO GET A RAISE, EVER.

YEAH.YEAH. WHEN WAS THE LAST

TIME YOU HAD A RAISE ?

YEAH.UH, I DON'T--

EIGHTY-THREE ?

I DON'T KNOW.

EIGHTY-THREE ?

I DON'T KNOW IF

IT WAS '78 OR '82.

THE CAMERAMAN WASN'T

EVEN BORN IN '83.

OH, MY--THIS IS MY SEAT.

I'LL SEE YA, BOYS.

[ Man ]

ECONOMY WAS FULL ?

YEAH.

IT'S ALL FULL BACK THERE.

I GOTTA SIT UP HERE.

BUT I'LL CHECK IN

WITH YOU GUYS, OKAY ?

ROLL ALONG, ROLL ALONG

ROLL ALONG, ROLL ALONG

CONVOY IN THE SKY

ROLL ALONG, ROLL ALONG

ROLL ALONG, ROLL ALONG

CONVOY IN THE SKY

[ Moore ] EACH DAY

OF THE TOUR WAS SUPPOSED

TO BE PRETTY MUCH THE SAME:

GET UP AT 4:30 IN THE MORNING,

FLY TO THE NEXT CITY...

AND BE MET BY THE LOCAL

RANDOM HOUSE PUBLICIST,

WHO THEY REFERRED TO

AS MY "MEDIA ESCORT."

THE ESCORT'S JOB

WAS TO KEEP ME

OUT OF TROUBLE...

AND REPORT ALL MY ACTIVITIES

BACK TO HEADQUARTERS.

THE ESCORT FROM RANDOM HOUSE,

SHE DOESN'T KNOW ANYTHING

ABOUT THIS FILM.

IN FACT, NOBODY

AT RANDOM HOUSE

KNOWS ABOUT THIS FILM.

THEY'RE GONNA FIND OUT

SOMETIME TODAY,

AND THEY'RE PROBABLY

NOT GOING TO BE

VERY HAPPY.

THIS IS MY, UH, MEDIA ESCORT

HERE IN ST. LOUIS.

UH, PLEASE INTRODUCE

YOURSELF.I'M ELAINE BLY.

ELAINE BLY, AND IT'S ABOUT

6:15 IN THE MORNING HERE.

BUT IT'S A BEAUTIFUL DAY.

WE'RE GONNA HAVE

A GOOD DAY. LET'S HOPE.

LET'S GET GOIN'.

[ Laughs ]

[ Moore Narrating ]

NO MATTER WHAT CITY I WAS IN,

IT WAS ALWAYS

THE SAME 20 INTERVIEWS

WITH THE SAME 20 QUESTIONS.

LOOK AT ALL THIS AIRTIME

YOU'VE BEEN GIVING

WHITEWATER...

AND HOW MANY MILLIONS

HAS CONGRESS SPENT

TRYING TO FIND OUT...

WHY JUST SEVEN PEOPLE

LOST THEIR JOBS IN

THE WHITE HOUSE TRAVEL OFFICE ?

AND NOT A DIME HAS

BEEN SPENT INVESTIGATING...

WHAT HAPPENED TO MILLIONS

OF AMERICANS AND THEIR JOBS.

MOST OF THIS WELFARE

THAT WE GIVE CORPORATIONS

COMES IN THE FORM...

OF THINGS LIKE

A MILLION DOLLARS

TO McDONALD'S...

TO HELP THEM PROMOTE

CHICKEN McNUGGETS

IN SINGAPORE.

THAT'S OUR TAX DOLLARS.

OR THE PILLSBURY COMPANY

GETS $11 MILLION...

THAT GOES TO THE PILLSBURY

DOUGHBOY TO BE PROMOTED

IN THIRD WORLD COUNTRIES.

[ Moore Narrating ]

WITH MY INTERVIEWS OVER,

I TOLD THE ESCORT...

WE'D BE BACK IN A FEW HOURS.

WE HEADED OUT OF THE CITY

TO CENTRALIA, ILLINOIS,

HOME OF THE PAYDAY CANDY BAR.

PEOPLE HAVE BEEN MAKING

PAYDAYS HERE FOR OVER 60 YEARS.

BACK IN 1992, CLINTON VISITED

CENTRALIA ON HIS FIRST CAMPAIGN

FOR PRESIDENT.

MY OWN STATE IS FULL

OF PLACES...

LIKE CENTRALIA--

PLACES WHERE THERE ARE GOOD

PEOPLE WHO WORK HARD

AND PLAY BY THE RULES,

WHO'VE BEEN FORGOTTEN

IN GEORGE BUSH'S AMERICA.

I WANT TO TELL YOU SOMETHING.

IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE THIS WAY.

WE CAN DO BETTER.

IT IS SCANDALOUS

TO WASTE THE POTENTIAL...

OF THE PEOPLE OF THIS COMMUNITY

AND OUR COUNTRY.

[ Bell Clanging ]

[ Moore Narrating ]

THEY USED TO SAY THAT IN

CENTRALIA, EVERY DAY IS PAYDAY.

ON THE DAY I ARRIVED,

THEY WERE TOLD

THIS WOULD BE THEIR LAST.

[ Moore ]

WHO-WHO'S BEEN HERE

MORE THAN TEN YEARS ?

YOU'VE WORKED HERE MORE--

MORE THAN TEN--

WELL, WHO'S BEEN HERE

MORE THAN 20 YEARS ?

SHE WAS HERE

FOR 50 YEARS.

IT WILL BE.

ALREADY IS.

[ Man ]

YOU KNOW HOW WE FOUND OUT

WE WERE LOSIN' OUR JOBS ?

THE HEAD OF LEAF NORTH AMERICA

SENDS A VIDEOTAPE IN

TO ALL THE LEAF PLANTS,

TELLIN' 'EM HOW THEY'RE GONNA

REORGANIZE AND STUFF.

"OH, BY THE WAY, WE'RE SHUTTIN'

THE CENTRALIA PLANT DOWN."

A VIDEOTAPE.

[ Moore ]

"AND BY THE WAY."

YEAH.WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME

YOU HAD A STRIKE HERE ?

WE NEVER WERE !

WE'VE NEVER BEEN ON STRIKE.

NEVER BEEN ON STRIKE ?

[ Together ]

NO !NEVER HAD A WALKOUT ?

WE'VE NEVER EVEN

HAD AN ARBITRATION.

DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA

WHAT KIND OF PROFIT

YOU WERE MAKING HERE ?

TWENTY-SEVEN MILLION

IS WHAT THEY SAID.

TWENTY MILLION HERE,

JUST INSIDE THIS BUILDING ?

PROFIT, OUT OF THIS PLANT.

- AND NOW, NOW WHAT ?

- PEOPLE ARE GONNA GO OFF

THE DEEP END...

THAT LOSE THEIR JOBS

IN AMERICA.

IT HAPPENS ALL THE TIME.

SUICIDES WILL GO UP,

DIVORCE RATES,

UH, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE

START BEATIN' THEIR KIDS

THAT NORMALLY WOULDN'T.

I MEAN, DAMN !

I MEAN, PEOPLE JUST LOSE IT

WHEN THEY DON'T HAVE AN INCOME,

OR THEY HAVE TO GO FROM MAKING

TEN DOLLARS AN HOUR

DOWN TO FIVE DOLLARS AN HOUR.

- IT'S TOUGH.

- [ Moore ] DO YOU KNOW

WHAT HE'S TALKING ABOUT ?

[ People Murmuring Agreement ]

ARE YOU WORRIED ABOUT THIS ?

[ Woman #1 ] YES.

[ Woman #2 ]

I'M A SINGLE MOTHER.

I CAN'T BUY A HOUSE OR ANYTHING

ON FIVE DOLLARS AN HOUR.

TELL ME SOMETHING. I WANT TO

KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN TO

THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA...

WHEN THEY DOWNSIZE EVERYTHING

AND WE GET DOWN TO WHERE

EVERYBODY'S MAKIN' MINIMUM WAGE.

WHO'S GONNA BUY $30,000 CARS ?

WHO'S GONNA BUY HOMES ?

WHO'S GONNA BUY THIS STUFF ?

I WANNA KNOW.

AND IT'S JUST GONNA BE

LIKE A SNOWBALL EFFECT,

BECAUSE THEN THE AUTOMAKERS

ARE GONNA BE OUT OF WORK,

THE CONSTRUCTION PEOPLE'S

GONNA BE--

WHO'S GOT THE MONEY TO BUY IT

IF WE'RE ALL DOWNSIZED

TO $4.75 AN HOUR ?

WHEN'S IT GONNA END ?

[ Moore Narrating ]

THE WORKERS TOLD ME

THAT THE MANAGER FROM PAYDAY...

WAS STILL ACROSS THE STREET

IN THE FACTORY,

SO I DECIDED

TO PAY HIM A VISIT.

HE SAID HE'D TALK TO YOU

WITHOUT THE CAMERA

IF YOU'LL TALK TO HIM.

ALL RIGHT, I'LL COME IN.

YOU STAY HERE.

OKAY ?[ Moore ]

WHAT IS THE MESSAGE

TO THE AMERICAN WORKER ?

THAT IF THEY COME HERE

AND WORK HARD

AND DO WELL,

AND BECAUSE OF THEIR HARD WORK

THE COMPANY DOES WELL,

THEIR REWARD

IS UNEMPLOYMENT ?

[ Man ]

IF THIS PLACE

WOULD HAVE DONE BETTER...

AND WOULD HAVE MADE MORE

PROFIT, IT WOULD HAVE HAD

A QUICKER PAYBACK.

I MEAN, YOU'RE SAYING

EVEN IF THEY HAD MADE

A BIGGER PROFIT,

THE MOVE WOULD HAVE BEEN EVEN

QUICKER TO GET OUT OF HERE ?

YOU'RE RIGHT.

IF THE WORKERS HERE

HAD DONE A WORSE JOB--

IF THE CANDY BAR

HADN'T DONE AS WELL--

THERE MIGHT STILL BE

A CANDY BAR PLANT HERE ?

THAT'S TRUE.

THAT'S INSANE.

[ People Chattering ]

PAYDAY BACK TO CENTRALIA

WHERE IT BELONGS.

PAYDAY IN CENTRALIA.

I WANT MY JOB BACK,

INSURANCE.

I NEED IT BADLY.

EVERYBODY ELSE NEEDS IT BADLY.

WE ALL NEED OUR PAYDAYS.

WE WANT OUR JOBS BACK.

[ Woman ]

YEP.WE NEED OUR JOBS BACK.

[ Woman ]

THE WHOLE TOWN

NEEDS THESE JOBS BACK.

[ Audience Applauds ]

HI.THIS IS MY BOOK.

I TAKE THE COVER OFF

BECAUSE I CAN'T STAND

TO LOOK AT THE PHOTO.

[ Laughter ]

LOOK AT-- LOOK--

WHO'S GOT THE--

DO YOU HAVE A BOOK DOWN HERE ?

LET ME SEE IT.

LET ME SHOW YOU THIS.

LOOK AT THIS.

LOOK AT THIS.

THIS IS WHAT THEY DID.

LOOK AT MY FINGERNAILS.

THEY DIGITALLY GAVE ME

A MANICURE.

[ Laughter ]

THEY CLEANED MY FINGERNAILS.

LOOK AT THE--

CAN YOU SEE--

LOOK AT THAT.

AND I CALLED THEM UP

AT RANDOM HOUSE,

AND I SAID,

"YOU KNOW, I MEAN,

WHILE YOU WERE IN THERE,

"IF YOU WERE GONNA

BE DOING DIGITAL THINGS,

COULDN'T YOU TAKE

TEN POUNDS OFF THE FACE ?"

"OH, NO, NO, NO.

WE'RE GONNA-- WE'LL CLEAN

YOUR FINGERNAILS, RIGHT ?

BUT THEN YOU GOTTA STILL

LOOK LIKE THIS."

[ Laughter ]

GEEZ.NINETEEN CITIES.

I CAN'T BEAR TO LOOK AT

MYSELF, THANK YOU, ANYMORE.

- [ People Chattering ]

- SIGNATURE ONLY.

SIGNATURE, CITY AND DATE.

"TO MEREDITH,"

SIGNATURE, CITY AND DATE.

CITY AND DATE.

"TO PAT AND TERESA."

[ Woman Laughing ]

HOW'S THAT ?

THAT'S GREAT.

THANK YOU.

YES. THANK YOU.

ANYTHING ELSE ?

SOUNDS LIKE

THE NEXT TITLE.

OKAY.[ Chattering ]

OKAY. BYE.

BYE. WE'RE OFF

TO IOWA. [ Country And Western ]

YOU HEARD ME RIGHT

YOW ! ONE HUNDRED CUPS OF COFFEE

FIVE HUNDRED CIGARETTES

A THOUSAND MILES OF HIGHWAY

AND I AIN'T FORGOT HER YET

BUT I KEEP ON MOVIN'

I KEEP A-MOVIN'

ON DOWN THE LINE

AIN'T NOTHIN' IN MY MIRROR

JUST A CLOUD OF DUST

AND SMOKE WHAT DID YOU EXPECT

WHEN SOME OLD TRUCKER'S HEART

GETS BROKE

HOW DO YOU FEEL

ABOUT THE TWO CHOICES

WE'VE GOT IN THE ELECTION ?

I DON'T CARE

WHICH WAY IT GOES.

YOU DON'T-- YOU WHAT ?

I DON'T CARE

WHICH WAY IT GOES.

WHY IS THAT ?

'CAUSE I JUST DON'T HAVE

NO INTEREST IN IT.

I WISH WE HAD A BETTER CHOICE,

BUT WE GOTTA PICK BETWEEN--

WHAT WOULD YOU CALL IT ?

YOU KNOW, BETWEEN

TWO EVILS.

YEAH, OR I CALL IT

"THE EVIL OF TWO LESSERS."

HOW YOU GUYS DOIN'

WITH YOUR JOBS AND

STUFF RIGHT NOW ?

I WORK HARDER THAN I EVER

HAD TO WORK IN MY LIFE.

MY KIDS ARE ALL GROWN UP,

AND I GOTTA WORK

HARDER TODAY...

THAN I DID, YOU KNOW,

20 YEARS AGO.

YOU GOTTA PAY YOUR RENT,

YOUR ELECTRIC, YOUR WATER,

YOUR GAS...

AND FOOD AND CLOTHES

FOR YOUR KIDS.

AND WE'RE-- YOU KNOW,

THERE'S NO MONEY LEFT.

AT THE END OF THE MONTH,

THAT'S IT.

NO. THERE'S NOTHIN' LEFT.

AND YOU'RE WORKING

TWO JOBS ?

YEAH.AND RAISING YOUR KIDS ?

YEAH.HOW DO YOU DO THAT ?

HOW DO YOU WORK TWO JOBS ?

HOW'S THAT WORK OUT ?

I WORK MORNINGS AT ONE

AND NIGHTS AT THE OTHER.

EVERY DAY ?

EVERY DAY, JUST ABOUT.

WHEN DO YOU GET

TO SEE YOUR KIDS ?

I DON'T, NOT THAT OFTEN.

ON THE WEEKENDS, ON A SUNDAY,

IN THE AFTERNOON,

'CAUSE FAIRWAY'S

NOT OPEN, SO--

ON THE WEEKENDS-- THAT WOULD BE

LIKE IF YOU'RE DIVORCED, YOU GET

TO SEE THEM ON THE WEEKENDS.

YEAH, AND I'M NOT DIVORCED.

I MEAN, I'M MARRIED AND HAVE

A HUSBAND, AND I STILL DON'T GET

TO SEE THEM...

BECAUSE OF, YOU KNOW,

THE WAY IT IS IN AMERICA

AND AROUND THE WORLD.

- IT'S JUST NOT FAIR.

- ANY WORDS OF ADVICE...

TO ALL THE OTHER--

YOUR FELLOW

AMERICAN VOTERS ?

DON'T VOTE.

DON'T VOTE.

DON'T VOTE ?

[ Laughs ]

IF YOU HAVE TO PICK

BETWEEN THEM TWO, DON'T VOTE.

[ Moore ]

HEY, GUYS, DO YOU GET

THE FEELING WE'RE GONNA HAVE...

THE LOWEST TURNOUT EVER

IN AN ELECTION ?

[ Woman ] YEAH.

IT'S DEPRESSING.

LET'S GO TO McDONALD'S.

IS EVERYBODY STABILIZED

FOR DRIVING HERE ?

I THINK "STABILIZED"

IS THE WRONG WORD...

TO BE USED AS YOU'RE

EATING THIS STUFF.

ARE THERE ANY NAPKINS

IN THERE ?

NO.HEY, THEY PUT VEGETABLES

ON MY FISH FILET.

FUCKERS.[ Moore ]

DO YOU EVER WONDER

WHAT HAPPENED TO STEVE FORBES ?

HE APPEARED FROM NOWHERE.

HAD YOU HEARD OF HIM BEFORE ?

HONEST. COME ON. HONEST.

HAVE YOU HEARD OF--

YOU HEARD OF HIS DAD,

BUT HAVE YOU HEARD--

HAD YOU HEARD OF HIM ?

NO. HAVE YOU HEARD

OF HIM SINCE ?

DID YOU EVER NOTICE WHEN

HE WAS ON TV HIS EYES

NEVER BLINKED ? RIGHT ?

I MEAN, THEY NEVER BLINKED.

I SAW HIM ON LARRY KING.

HE DIDN'T BLINK.

THE WHOLE TIME, THE WHOLE HOUR,

HE NEVER BLINKED.

WELL, ACTUALLY--

A COUPLE NIGHTS LATER,

HE WAS ON NIGHTLINE.

HIS EYES--

THEY HAD THE CAMERA ON HIM

FOR A FULL MINUTE.

NOT ONCE

DID THE EYES BLINK.

...RACE WAS ABOUT

PRINCIPLES AND ISSUES.

THESE PRINCIPLES ARE BIGGER

THAN A SINGLE CANDIDATE,

BIGGER THAN A SINGLE CAMPAIGN.

I THINK THIS IS

VERY STRANGE, SO I CALLED UP

NEW YORK HOSPITAL AND ASKED--

ASKED FOR A DOCTOR

IN THE EYES, EARS, NOSE

AND THROAT DIVISION.

AND I SAID, "DOCTOR,

I'M WATCHING TV RIGHT NOW,

"AND THERE'S A GUY ON THERE,

AND HIS EYES HAVE NOT BLINKED

FOR A FULL MINUTE.

IS THAT POSSIBLE ?"

HE SAID, "NO. TH-THE, YOU KNOW,

HUMAN EYE NEEDS TO BLINK EVERY,

YOU KNOW, 15 OR 20 SECONDS."

I SAID, "I'M TELLING YOU,

NOW WE'RE INTO TWO MINUTES.

WE'RE INTO TWO MINUTES.

THIS GUY'S EYES HAS--

THEY'VE NOT BLINKED,

NOT ONCE."

AND THE DOCTOR SAID,

AND I QUOTE,

"WELL, THAT'S NOT HUMAN."

I'M GETTING A THEORY

GOING HERE IN MY HEAD,

YOU KNOW ?

NOT HUMAN.

RIGHT ?

[ Laughter ]

I'M THINKING,

"DON'T LOOK IN HIS EYES.

DON'T LOOK IN HIS EYES.

LOOK AWAY. LOOK--

DON'T."YOU DON'T LOOK AT HIS EYES,

BUT HE GETS US

WITH THE SOUND.

[ In Monotone ]

"FLAT TAX, FLAT TAX,

FLAT TAX, FLAT TAX--"

AHH !

TURN THAT SOUND DOWN !

"FLAT TAX, FLAT TAX,

FLAT TAX."

[ Moore Continuing ]

SO BACK IN FEBRUARY...

I WAS HERE IN DES MOINES,

YOU KNOW,

FOR THE IOWA CAUCUSES,

AND I DECIDED TO GO OVER

TO THE FORBES HEADQUARTERS...

TO SEE IF STEVE WAS SOME KIND

OF FREAK X-FILE BROTHER

FROM ANOTHER PLANET.

AND THIS GUY COMES OUT,

AND HE SAYS, "HI,

MY NAME IS CHIP CARTER."

"CHIP CARTER ?

THAT'S JIMMY CARTER'S SON."

"NO, I'M THE OTHER

CHIP CARTER."

HE HAD THIS WEIRD LOOK

IN HIS EYES TOO.

[ Moore ]

HOW LONG HAS

MR. FORBES BEEN HERE ?

REALLY, UH, ONLY

BEEN ON THE GROUND

SIX TO EIGHT WEEKS.

INVASION OF IOWA.

INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS

IN IOWA.STEVE FORBES

WAS BORN WHERE ?

I HAVE NO IDEA.

I CAN'T REMEMBER.

YOU DON'T KNOW ?

[ Laughter ]

WHERE DID STEVE FORBES

COME FROM ?

STEVE FORBES SEEMS TO HAVE

COME FROM NOWHERE.

MM-HMM.RIGHT ?

PRETTY MUCH.

WHERE IS NOWHERE ?

IT'S SOMEWHERE OUT THERE.

[ Laughter ]

I'M FREAKIN' OUT, MAN.

I'M THINKIN', "OKAY.

I'M IN THE RAMADA IN DES MOINES

TONIGHT, AND I'M TRIPLE

DEAD BOLTING THE DOOR."

YOU KNOW, I'M LIKE,

"I AM NOT GONNA DIE

IN DES MOINES,

"YOU KNOW, TAKEN AWAY

BY THESE SPACE BEINGS...

CALLING THEMSELVES

THE FORBES CAMPAIGN."

WHERE ARE YOU TAKING

THE SPACESHIP HERE

AFTER IOWA ?

UH, I'M GONNA

GO HOME TO OKLAHOMA

FOR A FEW DAYS AND REST,

AND THEN THEY'LL SEND ME

TO ANOTHER STATE.

[ Chuckles ]

OKAY. UM, ALL RIGHT.

UH, I THINK WE SHOULD

PROBABLY LET HIM GO.

[ Moore ]

SO ANYWAYS, THE GUY

HAS DISAPPEARED, RIGHT ?

AND THE ONLY TIME THAT NOW

YOU HAVE ANY, ANY IDEA THAT

THEY'RE STILL WITH US...

IS IF YOU EVER NOTICE CERTAIN

PEOPLE READING A PUBLICATION

WITH THE NAME FORBES--

THE NAME OF THEIR LEADER--

ON THE MAGAZINE.

USUALLY MEN IN THREE-PIECE

SUITS, WHITE GUYS THAT LOOK

LIKE THEY GOT A LOT OF MONEY.

THEY'RE THE ALIENS.

BEWARE OF THESE PEOPLE...

WHO READ FORBES MAGAZINE.

[ Moore ]

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

[ Chattering ]

[ Moore Narrating ]

AS I WAS SIGNING COPIES

OF MY BOOK,

I WAS HANDED

AN ANONYMOUS NOTE.

IT READ, "HEY, MICHAEL,

"WE'RE ORGANIZING HERE

AT BORDERS IN DES MOINES.

"THERE'S A SECRET MEETING

STATEWIDE TOMORROW NIGHT.

"WE THOUGHT YOU SHOULD KNOW

THAT WE, THE RAGTAG EMPLOYEES

AT BORDERS,

"ARE NOT ALLOWED

TO DO THE BOOK TABLE

FOR YOUR READING.

"ONLY MANAGEMENT IS HERE TONIGHT

SELLING YOUR BOOK

TO THESE PEOPLE.

"BORDERS HEADQUARTERS

IN ANN ARBOR SAYS

THEY'RE PROTECTING US FROM YOU.

AH, WELL,

YOU KNOW THE SHTICK.

TAKE CARE."

THEY WERE AWFULLY HAPPY

THAT YOU WERE HERE.

GREAT.THIS WAS NOT MY FIRST STRANGE

ENCOUNTER WITH THE BORDERS

BOOK STORE CHAIN ON MY TOUR.

AT THEIR PHILADELPHIA STORE

I HAD REFUSED...

TO CROSS A PICKET LINE

BLOCKING THEIR ENTRANCE,

AND INSTEAD I HAD BROUGHT

THE PROTESTERS INSIDE WITH ME

TO MY READING.

THAT RESULTED IN BORDERS

REFUSING TO LET ME SPEAK...

AT MY SCHEDULED APPEARANCE

THE FOLLOWING WEEK

IN THEIR NEW YORK STORE.

SO, UH, WE GOT

YOUR NOTE INSIDE.

UH, YOU'RE THE PEOPLE

THAT WORK AT BORDERS ?

MM-HMM.

AND YOU'RE TRYING

TO ORGANIZE THE STORE ?

[ Man ] YEAH.

AND YOU WANTED TO MEET ME

OUT HERE IN THE DARK ?

[ All Laughing ]

WHAT'S GOIN' ON ?

WELL, WE'RE ACTUALLY--

TOMORROW NIGHT IS, UH,

IS A ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING.

THE ENTIRE STORE

IS GETTING TOGETHER,

AND WE'RE MEETING

WITH AN ORGANIZER,

AND, UH, WE'RE GONNA GO

FROM THERE.

BECAUSE WHY ?

BECAUSE--

THERE'S A CAR.

[ Moore ] WHO'S THAT ?

[ Woman ]

IT'S NO ONE.

UM, IT'S--

[ Moore Narrating ]

THEY TOLD ME THEY WERE AFRAID

OF BEING SEEN WITH ME...

BECAUSE THE BORDERS

REGIONAL MANAGER HAD SHOWN UP

TO THE EVENT UNANNOUNCED...

WITH A MAN

THEY DIDN'T RECOGNIZE.

I DON'T EVEN KNOW

WHO THAT PERSON IS.

NO. WE DON'T EVEN LIKE--

I DON'T WANT TO THINK

ABOUT WHO THAT PERSON WAS.

[ Laughing ]

'CAUSE WE'RE AFRAID ENOUGH

AS IT IS.[ Woman ] SOME THUG.

SOME-- YEAH. SOME

UNION BUSTER GUY FROM OMAHA.

BORDERS WORKERS

SUCH AS YOURSELVES

WERE NOT ALLOWED...

TO WORK THE TABLE

HERE AT THE EVENT TONIGHT ?

[ Both ] RIGHT.

ONLY MANAGEMENT

COULD WORK THE TABLE ?

[ Man ] YES.

[ Woman ] TO FIELD THE

QUESTIONS. TO PROTECT US.

PROTECT YOU FROM WHAT ?

[ Man ] WE DON'T KNOW.

I EVEN ASKED.

I SAID, "YOU MEAN THEY DON'T--"

AND I EVEN--

POINTEDLY, I SAID,

"YOU MEAN YOU

DON'T WANT US TO HEAR

WHAT HE HAS TO SAY ?"

EVERYBODY IN THE STORE

BOUGHT YOUR BOOK AFTER THEY

PUT THE CRUNCH ON.

[ Moore Laughing ]

YOU MEAN, AFTER THEY WHAT ?

AFTER THEY--

WELL, WE FELT PRESSURE--

WELL, AFTER WE ALL GOT

KICKED OFF THE TABLE,

AND THEN WE SAID,

"WHAT'S IN THIS BOOK ?"

"WHY CAN'T WE BE HERE ?"

YEAH, RIGHT.

IT WAS REALLY INTERESTING.

THEY THEN TOLD ME THAT BORDERS

WAS DEDUCTING MONEY

FROM THEIR PAYCHECKS...

FOR A HEALTH PLAN

THAT HAD NO DOCTOR

IN DES MOINES.

WE DON'T ACTUALLY HAVE--

HAVE HEALTH BENEFITS

AT THE MOMENT.

WE'RE PAYING FOR THEM.

WE STARTED PAYING FOR THEM IN

APRIL, BUT WE DON'T HAVE THEM.

SO THAT WAS WHAT

REALLY GALVANIZED

A LOT OF PEOPLE.

THEY WERE SORT OF LIKE,

"I CAN'T-- I'M PAYING

FOR ALL OF THIS AND IT'S NOT--"

SO IT'S ACTUALLY,

WE DON'T HAVE ANY BENEFITS.

ALMOST EVERYBODY

IN THE STORE

HAS ANOTHER JOB.

REALLY ? YOU HAVE TO WORK

A SECOND JOB IF YOU WORK

AT BORDERS ?

YES.

YOU HAVE TO DO IT.

WHAT--

WHAT DO YOU--

WE MAKE SIX BUCKS AN HOUR.

- WHAT SECOND JOBS

DO YOU GUYS WORK ?

- DISCOUNT RETAIL STORE.

YEAH. IN ADDITION

TO WORKING AT BORDERS ?

THEY POST THE RESULTS

BY OUR TIME CARDS,

SO YOU SIT THERE

AND YOU LOOK AT THESE

LONG NUMBERS...

OF HOW MUCH OVER

PROFIT WE'RE DOING

AND HOW WELL WE'RE DOING,

AND THEN YOU'RE PUNCHING

IN AND OUT AND YOU'RE GETTING

YOUR LITTLE PAYCHECK...

WITH YOUR BIG HUNK

FOR HEALTH INSURANCE

THAT YOU CAN'T USE.

AFTER TAXES,

WHAT'S YOUR PAYCHECK?

MINE'S USUALLY ABOUT...

325.

THAT'S EVERY TWO WEEKS.

EVERY TWO WEEKS.

EVERY TWO WEEKS ?

SO THAT'S ABOUT, WHAT--

A HUNDRED AND SIXTY

A WEEK.- SO THAT'S ABOUT 8,000

A YEAR, AFTER TAXES.

- MM-HMM.WHAT DO YOU WANT ?

WHAT DO YOU HOPE

THE UNION WILL GET YOU ?

WE'RE NOT ASKING

FOR 15 BUCKS AN HOUR.

WE'RE NOT EVEN ASKING FOR TEN.

YOU'D BE HAPPY WITH--

GOOD GOD. EIGHT.

GOOD LUCK.

THANK YOU VERY, VERY MUCH.

THANKS, MICHAEL.

I REALLY SUPPORT YOU--

THANKS A LOT.

AND I'LL DO WHAT I CAN

TO HELP YOU WIN.

[ Moore Narrating ]

WE HEADED OFF

TO ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS,

WHICH, LIKE MY HOMETOWN

OF FLINT, MICHIGAN,

HAD JUST BEEN NAMED

BY MONEY MAGAZINE AS

THE WORST CITY IN THE COUNTRY.

DRIVING THROUGH ROCKFORD,

I REALIZED THERE WERE OTHER

SIMILARITIES TO FLINT.

WE HAD GAME SHOW HOST

BOB EUBANKS.

THEY HAD ACTRESS

SUSAN SAINT JAMES.

CULTURALLY, WE HAD

GRAND FUNK RAILROAD,

AND THEY HAD THOSE

"I WANT YOU TO WANT ME" GUYS,

CHEAP TRICK.

RANDOM HOUSE HAD ARRANGED

FOR ME TO SPEAK THAT NIGHT

AT THE LOCAL MEDIA PLAY.

[ Italian Accent ]

NO PHOTOS, PLEASE.

NO PHOTOS.

MEDIA PLAY WAS A SPRAWLING

COMPLEX THAT SOLD...

BOOKS, CDS, VIDEOS,

AND YOU COULD PROBABLY GET

A TEN-MINUTE LUBE JOB

WHILE YOU WAIT.

WHICH WAY

TO HOME APPLIANCES ?

I WAS REALLY EXCITED

TO LEARN THAT RICK NIELSEN,

THE LEAD GUITARIST

FROM CHEAP TRICK,

LIVED JUST DOWN THE ROAD.

SO I ASKED MEDIA PLAY'S

P.R. DIRECTOR, PAT, IF SHE KNEW

IF HE WAS IN TOWN.

I THINK SHE WAS WORRIED

I WAS GONNA GO OFF

AND HANG WITH HIM,

SO SHE TOLD ME HE WAS

ABSOLUTELY, DEFINITELY

NOT IN ROCKFORD.

WHY DID I COME

TO ROCKFORD ?

I-I REALLY WANTED TO GO

TO SOME CITIES OTHER THAN

THE ONES...

THEY USUALLY SEND AUTHORS TO--

NEW YORK, LOS ANGELES,

BOSTON, WASHINGTON, RIGHT ?

THE SAME OLD--

AND NOBODY EVER COMES

TO ROCKFORD.

RIGHT ? AND I KNOW

WHAT THAT'S LIKE,

'CAUSE I LIVED IN FLINT

MOST OF MY LIFE.

NOBODY EVER

COMES TO FLINT.

[ Man ]

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

[ People Chattering,

Laughing ]

HOW YA DOIN', MIKE ?

WHO'S THIS TO ?

LAURA.L-A--

U-R-A.WHAT DO YOU DO ?

WHAT DO I DO ?

YEAH.

I SELL CARS.

YEAH ? WHAT KIND OF CARS ?

UH, FORDS.

AND I GOT LAID OFF TODAY.

TODAY ?

OH, I'M SORRY.

WOW. AND THIS

JUST HAPPENED TODAY ?

MM-HMM.DO YOU HAVE KIDS ?

NO, AND I DON'T HAVE KIDS.

BUT, YOU KNOW,

I DON'T KNOW HOW

THEY EXPECT THE PEOPLE...

IN 30 TO 45 TO BE ABLE

TO SUPPORT THEIR PARENTS...

WITH JOBS THAT

THEY DON'T HAVE ANY BENEFITS

ON THEMSELVES, AT MINIMUM WAGE.

I'M REALLY SORRY.

CAN I GIVE YOU A HUG ?

I'LL COME OVER THERE.

OKAY ? I'M REALLY,

REALLY SORRY.

YEAH. THAT'S OKAY.

I TELL YA, EVERY CITY

I GO TO, EVERY DAY,

THIS IS WHAT'S GOIN' ON.

YOU ARE NOT ALONE

IN THIS.WELL, I KNOW THAT AND I'M--

THAT'S WHY I'M GLAD

THAT YOU'RE HERE,

AND JUST SEEING YOU

MEANT A WHOLE LOT,

A LOT TO ME.

THERE YOU GO.

"DOWNSIZED BUT NOT OUT."

WELL, THAT'S TRUE.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT,

HANG IN THERE, OKAY ?

REALLY. SERIOUSLY, MAN.

OKAY ?THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

ALL RIGHT.

I'M REALLY SORRY.

THANKS FOR COMING

TO NUMBER 300.

[ Laughs ] NUMBER--

FELLOW 300-ITE.

THAT'S RIGHT.

[ Laughs ]

GOOD LUCK,

FLINT, MICHIGAN.

ALL RIGHT. TAKE CARE.

ANY ADVICE FOR--

YOU CAME FROM THE WORST CITY

IN AMERICA.

NOW YOU ARE

IN THE WORST CITY IN AMERICA,

ACCORDING TO MONEY MAGAZINE.

ANY ADVICE FOR THE BELEAGUERED

ROCKFORD RESIDENTS ?

YES. I'VE BEEN TO 20 CITIES

SO FAR IN THIS TOUR,

AND THE ENTIRE COUNTRY

HAS SEEN THE EFFECTS...

OF WHAT IT'S LIKE

TO BE DOWNSIZED,

WHILE THESE COMPANIES...

HAVE GOTTEN FILTHY RICH

AND LOTS OF PEOPLE

HAVE LOST THEIR JOBS.

RICK FROM CHEAP TRICK

IS NOT IN TOWN ?

[ Woman ] THEY'RE NOT IN TOWN.

THEY'RE NOT IN TOWN ?

NOPE, NOT IN TOWN.

AND HOW DO YOU KNOW THAT ?

OH, WE HAVE OUR WAYS.

HOW DO YOU FEEL

ABOUT HOW IT WENT

TONIGHT ?WELL, I HEAR THAT YOU ONLY

RUN ABOUT THREE PERCENT PEOPLE

WHO STAND IN LINE--

OR PEOPLE THAT LISTEN TO YOU

ONLY HAVE ABOUT THREE PERCENT

BOOK SALES.

T-TO ME, YOU MEAN ?

THAT WHAT THEY'RE SAYING ?

UH-HUH. BASICALLY, YEAH.

YOU HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE LISTEN

TO YOU TALK, BUT THEY DON'T BUY

THE BOOK.

RIGHT.GOOD POINT. SO-SO, NOW,

WHERE DO YOU GET THOSE

NUMBERS, FROM THE REPS ?

SALES, UH--

SALES REP--

YEAH. YES.

FROM RANDOM HOUSE ?

MM-HMM. THOSE PEOPLE

TELL YOU A LOT OF THINGS.

YEAH. LIKE WHO--

WHO HAVE YOU TALKED TO ?

UH, OTHER STORES.

OTHER AREAS.

GIVE ME AN EXAMPLE.

BARNES AND NOBLE TONIGHT

WAS REALLY SCARED...

'CAUSE THEY THOUGHT

YOU WERE OVER THERE,

AND THEY WERE WORRIED.

THEY HAD NO BOOKS.

[ Laughs ]

WHY DON'T--

WHY DON'T THEY HAVE

ANY BOOKS ?

I DON'T KNOW WHY.

YOU MEAN

THEY SOLD OUT, OR--

THEY PROBABLY DIDN'T BUY ANY.

YOU DON'T THINK THEY BOUGHT

ANY AT THE BARNES AND NOBLE.

I WANNA JUST REVIEW NOW

WHAT I'VE LEARNED

FROM YOU TONIGHT.

OKAY.NUMBER ONE, UH,

ONLY THREE PERCENT

OF THE PEOPLE...

WHO COME TO HEAR ME SPEAK

HAVE ACTUALLY BOUGHT A BOOK.

MMM, NO. THAT'S LOW.

[ Moore ]

THREE PERCENT ?

I MEAN, THERE WERE 100 OR MORE

PEOPLE HERE, AND THEY SOLD

JUST OVER 100 BOOKS.

YOU KNOW, IT'S A GREAT

SELL-THROUGH ON AN EVENT.

I MEAN, USUALLY, IF YOU CAN

SELL AT A RATIO OF 50%,

YOU'RE DOING GREAT.

NUMBER TWO,

BARNES AND NOBLE--

DIDN'T HAVE ANY BOOKS.

DIDN'T HAVE ANY BOOKS

'CAUSE THEY PROBABLY

DIDN'T ORDER ANY BOOKS.

[ Woman ] IT'S BEEN JUST A--

[ Moore ]

OH ! THESE ARE ALL YOURS ?

WE WERE--

WE WERE TOLD THAT

THEY HAD NO BOOKS HERE.

THAT IT WASN'T

EVEN ORDERED.

[ Woman ] SERIOUSLY ?

YEAH.

TOLD BY WHO ?

UH, YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY,

UH, DOWN THE STREET...

YOU KNOW, THERE,

AT MEDIA PLAY.

YOU CAN'T ALWAYS BELIEVE

EVERYTHING YOU HEAR.

YEAH, I GUESS SO, HUH ?

LAST TIME WE SEND

PEOPLE DOWN THERE, HUH ?

NUMBER THREE, RICK FROM

CHEAP TRICK IS NOT IN TOWN.

NOPE.[ Man ]

HERE'S SOMETHING YOU MIGHT KNOW.

IT'S THREE CHORDS.

FOR YOUR LOVE

I'D GIVE YOU ANYTHING

AND MORE THAT'S FOR SURE

FOR YOUR LOVE

DO, DO, DO, DO, DO

DO, DO, DO, DO

YOU WROTE A SONG, YOU KNOW.

TOO BAD THE YARDBIRDS

ALREADY DID IT.

YEAH, RIGHT.

THEY ALREADY COVERED IT.

WHAT THE HELL.

[ Imitating Bob Dylan ]

COME SENATORS, CONGRESSMEN

PLEASE HEED THE CALL

DON'T STAND IN THE DOORWAYS

DON'T BLOCK UP THE HALL

FOR HE WHO HAS STALLED

IS HE WHO IS BALD

OH THE OUTSIDE

[ Humming ]

IT'LL RATTLE YOUR WINDOWS

AND YOU'LL SHAKE

LIKE A STONE

FOR THE TIMES

THEY ARE A-CHANGIN'

OH !

[ Both Humming ]

FOR THE TIMES

THEY ARE A-CHANGIN'

[ Laughing ]

THE ANSWER MY FRIEND

FORGET THIS BOOK TOUR.

I KNOW.

FORGET THE MOVIE CRAP.

COME ON !I COULD BE

A DYLAN IMPERSONATOR.

ON THE ROAD, BABY.

YOU'RE IT.

I AM ON THE ROAD.

THAT'S THE POINT.

FORTY-SEVEN CITIES.

THAT'S COMMENDABLE,

YOU KNOW.HOW DO YOU GUYS DO THIS ?

I MEAN, IT'S TRAVEL AND PERFORM,

TRAVEL AND PERFORM.

THAT'S, UH--

YOU, UH--YOU KIND OF LOOK FORWARD

TO A DAY OFF.

I DID MEDIA PLAY IN ROCKFORD.

SO DID WE.

YOU DID MEDIA PLAY ?

YOU'RE DANG RIGHT,

WE DID.

OH. I DON'T FEEL SO BAD NOW.

OH, THANKS.

BUT I MEAN, I WALKED IN THERE

AND I'M THINKING,

"WHAT IS THIS ?"

I FELT LIKE THAT SCENE

IN SPINAL TAP, YOU KNOW ?

"PUPPET SHOW

AND MICHAEL MOORE,

APPEARING TONIGHT."

WHAT'S YOUR ADVICE

FOR MILWAUKEE ?

WELL, WHAT IS YOUR--

WHERE ARE YOU GOING ?

WE'RE GOING

TO SCHWARTZ'S BOOK STORE.

YEAH, WE'RE

PLAYING THERE NEXT.

YOU'VE--YOU'VE NEVER PLAYED

SCHWARTZ'S.

[ Together ]

ON THE ROAD AGAIN

GOOD NIGHT, EVERYBODY.

PEACE. [ Country And Western ]

I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND

TILL I WAS GROWN

WHY MY DADDY DIDN'T SPEND

A LITTLE TIME AT HOME

'STEAD OF RUNNIN' 'ROUND

THE COUNTRY

THAT WAY

WHOA I'M LOOKIN' AT THE WORLD

THROUGH A WINDSHIELD

SEEIN' EVERYTHING

IN A LITTLE BIT

DIFFERENT LIGHT

I GOT A SWEET LITTLE THING

THAT I'M DYIN' TO SEE

IN NASHVILLE

YOU KNOW, MILWAUKEE IS NOT

A NEW YORK OR A CHICAGO

OR AN L.A.,

SO WE DON'T TEND TO HAVE

AS MANY HIGH-PROFILE

CELEBRITY TYPES--

MOVIE STARS, ET CETERA.

SO WE TEND TO GET PEOPLE

WHO DON'T TAKE THEMSELVES

QUITE SO SERIOUSLY IN MILWAUKEE.

UM, WE'RE CONSIDERED

MORE OF A SECOND-TIER CITY,

SO WE GET

MORE THOUGHTFUL PEOPLE,

UM, WHO ARE LITERARY WRITERS

OR NONFICTION WRITERS

OR, UM--LIKE MICHAEL,

WHO IS DOING, UM, REALLY KIND

OF AN INTERESTING BOOK TOUR.

HIS IS THE MOST

FLY-BY-THE-SEAT-OF-YOUR-PANTS

BOOK TOUR I'VE EVER SEEN--

AND I'VE BEEN DOING THIS

FOR SEVEN YEARS--

WHERE THINGS ARE JUST

SORT OF SCRATCHED,

AND THINGS ARE ADDED,

AND PEOPLE WANT HIM CONSTANTLY

TO TALK TO HIM,

TO CHAT WITH HIM,

AND HE OBLIGES,

WHICH IS VERY NICE,

BUT IT THROWS THE SCHEDULE,

UH, A CURVE.

[ Man ]

HOW DOES THAT

MAKE YOUR LIFE ?

UM, DO I HAVE

A TWITCH YET ?

UNION LEADERS HAVE HOPPED

INTO BED WITH MANAGEMENT

OVER THE LAST TWO DECADES,

AND EVERY TIME MANAGEMENT

SNAPPED THEIR FINGERS,

YOU KNOW, UNIONS WOULD JUMP,

AND THEY GAVE

ALL THESE CONCESSIONS...

IN THE '80s--

REMEMBER THAT ?

[ Man ]

ONE OF THE, ACTUALLY,

VERY FUNNY PIECES IN THIS BOOK,

IS ABOUT YOUR ATTEMPT TO SEE

IF CANDIDATES WOULD ACCEPT

MONEY FROM ANYONE.

TELL US ABOUT YOUR

CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS

THAT YOU MADE TO THIS--

MICHAEL !

WE HAVE TO GO !

[ Man ]

WHAT WERE YOU SAYING ?

I SAID HE NEEDS

A MOTHER.HE'S MAKING ME REPEAT THIS.

I REALLY DON'T WANT

TO BE YELLING AT YOU.

YOU HAVEN'T YELLED AT ALL.

YOU'RE THE KINDEST ESCORT

I'VE HAD.OH, WELL, THEN

I CAN GET TOUGHER.

YEAH.YOU'RE WAY TOO EASY

ON ME.[ Alarm Whistle Wailing ]

WHAT THE HELL ?

WE GOT AN AIR RAID

GOING HERE.

THAT'S THE NOON WHISTLE.

THAT'S

THE NOON WHISTLE ?

THAT'S A FRI--

THAT'S A FRIGHTENING

NOON WHISTLE.

DOES THAT HAPPEN

EVERY NOON ?

I THINK SO.

WHAT'S THE POINT OF THAT ?

I THINK IT MEANS

THAT YOU CAN HAVE LUNCH NOW.

WELL, I-- THAT'S TRUE.

ACTUALLY, I LIVED

IN A TOWN LIKE THAT.

[ Man ] JOHNSON CONTROLS,

WHOSE WORLDWIDE HEADQUARTERS

ARE LOCATED IN MILWAUKEE,

ANNOUNCED TODAY

THEY ARE CLOSING THEIR

MILWAUKEE HUMBOLDT FACILITY.

JOHNSON CONTROLS,

A MAJOR SUPPLIER

TO THE AUTO INDUSTRY...

OF ENGINE PARTS,

SEAT COVERS AND HYDRAULICS,

SAID THE MILWAUKEE PRODUCTION

IS BEING MOVED TO MEXICO.

[ Moore Sighs ]

[ Turn Signal Clicking ]

JUST, UM,

JUST TURN IN RIGHT HERE.

[ Clicking Continues ]

[ Man ]

WHAT'S THE DEAL HERE ?

WE'RE NOT GONNA GET--

[ Moore ]

THE DEAL IS YOU NEVER

TURN THE CAMERA OFF.

THAT'S THE DEAL.

LET'S GO. READY ?

NEVER TURN THE CAMERA OFF.

EVERYBODY READY ?

AM I-- I'M ON ?

I'M ON, RIGHT ?

[ Man ]

WHAT'S GOING ON

RIGHT HERE ?

I'D LIKE TO KNOW THAT TOO.

I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHAT

THEY DID ON THE INSIDE.

I'M TRYING TO STAY

OUT OF THE WAY

OF JOHNSON CONTROLS.

ACTUALLY, I HEARD A SIREN,

AND I THOUGHT MAYBE THAT HAD

SOMETHING TO DO WITH MICHAEL,

AND SO I DECIDED I'D GET

INTO MY CAR RATHER THAN

BEING ROUSTED BY THE POLICE,

BUT IT WAS AN AMBULANCE

GOING BY.DO YOU KNOW WHY HE WENT

IN TO JOHNSON CONTROLS ?

WELL, I KNOW THAT THEY ARE--

THAT THEY'VE JUST LAID OFF

A LOT OF PEOPLE,

BUT I DON'T REALLY KNOW

SPECIFICALLY WHAT HE WAS

DOING IN THERE.

NICE TO MEET YOU.

NICE TO MEET YOU.

AND YOU ARE ?

I'M BEV JAKOWSKY.

AND YOU'RE WITH ?

UH, JOHNSON CONTROLS.

DO YOU KNOW MR. KEYES,

THE CHAIRMAN ?

I DO.WELL, I WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT

HIM WITH A CHECK, A LITTLE GIFT

FROM ME, A GOING-AWAY PRESENT.

I DON'T THINK

THIS IS APPROPRIATE.

HI. HOW YA DOING ?

I'M MICHAEL MOORE.

HI. HI, MICHAEL.

HI. I JUST BROUGHT

A LITTLE PRESENT HERE FOR YOU.

OKAY.EIGHTY CENTS, UH, TO PAY

THE FIRST MEXICAN WORKER

FOR THE FIRST HOUR OF WORK.

THIS IS WHAT YOU'LL BE

PAYING MEXICANS DOWN THERE,

80 CENTS AN HOUR.

AND, UH, JUST TO HELP OUT,

YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE, YOU KNOW,

I GUESS YOU'RE HITTING--

YOU'VE HAD HARD TIMES HERE,

RIGHT ?

NO, WE HAVEN'T HAD HARD TIMES.

YOU'VE ONLY MADE A HALF

A BILLION DOLLARS IN THE LAST

THREE YEARS IN PROFITS.

YEAH, WE-WE--

OUR COMPANY

IS REASONABLY SUCCESSFUL.

OH, THEN--

WE'RE COMMITTED TO

CONTINUING TO BE SUCCESSFUL.

THEN WHY WOULD YOU

LEAVE MILWAUKEE

IF YOU'RE SUCCESSFUL ?

BECAUSE WE NEED TO REMAIN

COMPETITIVE IN OUR

BUSINESSES.

SO THANKS VERY MUCH

FOR COMING--

YOU WANT TO BE MORE SUCCESSFUL ?

WE NEED TO CONTINUE

TO BE SUCCESSFUL.

THAT'S RIGHT.

AND THE FAMILIES HERE

WHO WILL LOSE THEIR JOBS ?

THE FAMILIES WHO ARE HERE

WHO WILL LEAVE THEIR JOBS,

WE'RE GONNA DO THE BEST

WE CAN TO HELP THEM OUT

IN MAKING THE TRANSITION.

TO WHERE ?

MEXICO, OR--

UH--

THE FAMILIES ARE GOING

TO MEXICO WITH YOU OR--

TO EITHER HELP THEM

FIND OTHER JOBS

AT JOHNSON CONTROLS...

OR OTHER GOOD JOBS

FOR THEM GOING FORWARD.

SO THANKS VERY MUCH.

WE APPRECIATE IT.

WILL YOU TAKE THIS ?

SURE. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. EIGHTY CENTS.

I WANT YOU TO GIVE IT

TO MR. KEYES.

OKAY. VERY GOOD.

IS THERE ANY WAY

I COULD MEET HIM ?

NO, I'M AFRAID

HE'S UNAVAILABLE.

BECAUSE, ACTUALLY, I HAVE

ANOTHER PRESENT FOR HIM.

OKAY.THIS IS

THE DOWNSIZER OF THE YEAR AWARD,

AND YOU WIN IT FOR MILWAUKEE.

EACH CITY THAT I'M IN

ON MY BOOK TOUR...

I'M GIVING OUT

VARIOUS DOWNSIZER AWARDS...

TO THE COMPANIES THAT MAKE

MILLIONS IN PROFITS...

AND THEN THROW PEOPLE

OUT OF WORK.

AND BECAUSE YOU'VE DONE THAT

HERE IN MILWAUKEE,

I WANT TO THANK YOU.

YOU'RE SURE MR. KEYES

WON'T SEE ME ?

YEAH. I'M AFRAID

HE'S NOT AVAILABLE.

AND AGAIN,

I'D LIKE TO REQUEST--

BUT HE IS HERE ? HE'S HERE ?

HE'S UNAVAILABLE.

I'M REALLY NOT SURE--

YOU SHOULD TELL HIM I'M HERE.

OKAY. I'M NOT SURE--

HE'LL KNOW WHO I AM.

HE SUPPLIES G.M.

I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST

THAT, UH--

IF YOU'D LIKE TO COME BACK

SOMETIME, MAKE AN APPOINTMENT,

WE CAN TALK SOME MORE.

I'D BE GLAD TO MAKE

AN APPOINTMENT.

BUT I'D LIKE TO REQUEST,

AND JACK IF YOU COULD

HELP ME OUT, PLEASE--

JACK, HOW YA DOIN' ?

MICHAEL MOORE.

WE'D LIKE INFORMATION.

WHAT'S YOUR JOB HERE ?

JACK HIGGINS.

JACK, WHAT

DO YOU DO HERE ?

HUMAN RESOURCES.

HUMAN-- OH, THAT'S ALWAYS

MY FAVORITE DEPARTMENT,

'CAUSE THEY TAKE CARE...

OF THE PEOPLE HERE, RIGHT ?

THE PEOPLE THAT YOU'RE

GONNA BE LAYING OFF.

THE HUMAN RESOURCES ?

WELL, IT'S NOT ACTUALLY

IN MY AREA, BUT YES,

WE WILL BE DEALING WITH THAT.

WHAT DOES

HUMAN RESOURCES DO ?

OKAY. LET'S HOLD ON.

WE'VE HAD ENOUGH DISCUSSION.

WELL, YOU BROUGHT JACK

OUT HERE TO TALK TO US.

UH, YEAH, JACK CAME OUT

TO KEEP US COMPANY.

[ Laughs ] JACK, GO AWAY.

WE'VE HAD OUR

LITTLE DISCUSSION.

THANKS VERY MUCH FOR COMING.

YOU JUST SAID--

I WISH YOU HAD CALLED

TO LET US KNOW.

AND MAYBE WE WOULD HAVE BEEN

BETTER PREPARED FOR YOUR

CAMERAS AND YOUR SHOW.

WE WISH YOU WOULD HAVE CALLED

AND TOLD ALL THE WORKERS SO THEY

WOULD HAVE BEEN BETTER PREPARED.

THEY WERE

YEAH. YEAH. YEAH.

YEAH, WE'VE BEEN TALKING

WITH OUR EMPLOYEES

CONTINUALLY.

THEY'VE KNOWN THIS

FOR YEARS, RIGHT ?

THAT YOU'RE GONNA BE

LEAVING HERE.

EACH YEAR, AS YOU MADE

A BIGGER AND BIGGER PROFIT,

THEY KNEW YOU WOULD LEAVE

MILWAUKEE BECAUSE THEY DID

SUCH A GOOD JOB HERE.

YOU MADE SO MUCH MONEY.

I THINK OUR EMPLOYEES...

HAVE GOT A MUCH BETTER

UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT'S

HAPPENING THAN YOU DO.

I HAVE 20 YEARS HERE,

COMING ON FRIDAY,

AND, UH, WE WERE TOLD

YESTERDAY THAT, UH,

THE ENTIRE PLANT

WOULD BE CLOSED.

[ Man ] YOU KNOW WHAT'S--

YOU KNOW WHERE THEY'RE

GONNA RELOCATE, DON'T YOU ?

YES. IT'S GOING TO MEXICO.

REYNOSA, MEXICO.

ONCE YOU'RE LAID OFF,

WHAT'S YOUR PLAN ?

I DON'T HAVE ONE RIGHT NOW.

I DON'T KNOW. IT, UH--

YOU KNOW, I HAVE TO SEE

WHAT MY OPTIONS ARE,

UH, AND GO FROM THERE.

[ Moore Narrating ]

I ASKED ED IF HE'D LIKE TO HEAD

OVER TO MANPOWER, INCORPORATED,

THE TEMP AGENCY WHOSE

WORLD HEADQUARTERS

JUST HAPPENED...

TO BE LOCATED IN MILWAUKEE.

MANPOWER--

A COMPANY THAT GUARANTEES YOU

A JOB FOR A DAY--

WAS NOW THE NUMBER-ONE EMPLOYER

IN THE COUNTRY.

AND SO, WE THOUGHT,

SEEING HOW THIS IS

SUCH A GREAT COMPANY,

UM, YOU KNOW, MAYBE WE COULD

GET ED A TEMP JOB.

YOU KNOW, I WANT

TO THANK YOU

FOR STOPPING BY,

AND I WISH I COULD

HELP YOU FURTHER

AT THIS POINT,

BUT YOU TOOK ME BY SURPRISE,

AND I'D LIKE TO FIND OUT

MORE ABOUT THE SITUATION.

HOW ABOUT JUST AN APPLICATION

FOR ED TO GET A TEMP JOB ?

SO THANK YOU. PLEASE ?

NO ?

THANKS.MILWAUKEE WAS A GREAT BASE

FOR MANUFACTURING,

AND THERE'S REALLY NOBODY LEFT.

AND NOW, WE WERE ONE

OF THE BIGGEST COMPANIES

AROUND HERE,

AND NOW WE'RE GOING,

SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT

WE'RE GOING TO DO.

[ Applause ]

[ Moore ]

YOU KNOW, WHENEVER I--

WHENEVER I FLY

TO ONE OF THESE CITIES,

I USUALLY GET STUCK

NEXT TO SOME BUSINESSMAN,

WHO, AFTER HAVING A COUPLE

OF MARTINIS, LOOKS OVER

AT ME AND, YOU KNOW--

[ Gruff Voice ]

"WHO ARE YOU ?

OH, YEAH. ROGER MOORE.

[ Laughter ]

"I KNOW YOU.

YOU MADE THAT MOVIE.

WHAT HAVE YOU GOT

AGAINST PROFIT ?"

THAT'S WHAT THEY HAVE

TO SAY, RIGHT ?

"WHAT HAVE YOU GOT

AGAINST PROFIT ?

"COMPANY'S GOT

A RESPONSIBILITY

TO ITS SHAREHOLDERS.

THAT'S OUR SYSTEM--

THE SHAREHOLDERS."

[ Chuckles ]

THAT'S NOT OUR SYSTEM.

OUR SYSTEM'S A DEMOCRACY.

I'VE READ

THE U.S. CONSTITUTION.

THE WORD "SHAREHOLDER"

DOES NOT APPEAR ONCE

IN THAT DOCUMENT.

[ Applause ]

I-I-I'VE SEEN

THE WORD "PEOPLE"--

OF, BY AND FOR

THE PEOPLE--

I'VE SEEN THAT,

BUT I'VE NOT SEEN

THE WORD "SHAREHOLDER."

BUT YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHAT

THEY LIKE TO SAY.

THEY LIKE THE--

THEY LIKE TO, LIKE,

SPOUT OFF WITH THAT STUFF.

THE SHAREHOLDERS.

PROFIT."COMPANY SHOULD BE ABLE TO DO

WHATEVER IT CAN TO MAKE

A PROFIT, MIKE.

YOU CAN'T STOP A COMPANY

FROM DOING THAT."

YES, WE CAN.

[ Laughs ]

WE HAVE A DEMOCRACY.

WE CAN DO WHATEVER WE WANT.

WE CAN PASS

WHATEVER LAW WE WANT,

AS LONG AS IT FITS

INTO THAT CONSTITUTION,

WE CAN PASS

ANY LAW WE WANT.

WE DO IT ALL THE TIME.

IF IT'S JUST ABOUT PROFIT--

IF IT'S JUST ABOUT

MAKING A PROFIT,

WELL, THEN, WHY DOESN'T

GENERAL MOTORS

SELL CRACK ?

[ Laughter ]

HUH ?THEY COULD MAKE

A HUGE PROFIT SELLING CRACK.

A 2,000-POUND CAR

MAKES G.M. ABOUT

A $1,000 PROFIT.

TWO THOUSAND POUNDS OF CRACK,

LET ME TELL YA, THERE'S

A MILLION BUCKS THERE.

SO WHY DON'T THEY

SELL CRACK ?

[ Man ]

THE C.I.A.'S GOT

THE MARKET CORNERED.

THE C.I.A. HAS

GOT THE MARKET.

[ Laughs ]

[ Laughter,

Applause ]

WHERE ARE THE REPUBLICANS

WHEN YOU WANT TO PRIVATIZE

SOMETHING, RIGHT ?

[ Laughter ]

THAT'S--

ACTUALLY, THAT'S

WHAT WE NEED TO DO.

WE NEED TO TURN CRACK

OVER TO GENERAL MOTORS,

'CAUSE THEY'LL REALLY

SCREW IT UP, YOU KNOW ?

WE'LL ELIMINATE CRACK

IN FIVE YEARS...

IF WE JUST TURN IT OVER

TO GENERAL MOTORS.

THEY'LL COMPLETELY MISMANAGE

THE WHOLE THING, RIGHT ?

[ Applause ]

[ Moore ] OH, MY GOD !

WE MADE THE NEW YORK TIMES

BEST-SELLER LIST.

[ Laughing ]

OH, MAN !OH, GOD. OH, MY GOD.

THAT'S SUCH GOOD NEWS.

OH. HAVE YOU CALLED

KATHLEEN ?

OH ! OH, MY GOD !

[ Laughs ]

OH ! OH, I'M STUNNED !

OH, THEY MUST BE

FLIPPING OUT THERE

AT RANDOM HOUSE.

YEAH, OKAY.

ALL RIGHT.

ALL RIGHT.

[ Laughing ]

ROCKFORD PUSHED US OVER.

ROCKFORD !

IT WAS ROCKFORD !

[ Laughing ]

HOW DO I FEEL

ABOUT THE BOOK BEING SOLD

BY A CORPORATION ?

YEAH. DID YOU EVER CONSIDER

TRYING TO SELL IT AT JUST

NON-CORPORATE BOOK STORES ?

YOU KNOW, I DID,

UNTIL I MADE THE NEW YORK TIMES

BEST-SELLER LIST.

NOW I DON'T

THINK CORPORATIONS

ARE SUCH A BAD IDEA.

FLAT TAX ISN'T A BAD IDEA

EITHER, COME TO THINK OF IT.

THANK YOU.

[ Moore Narrating ]

AT THE STATE CAPITOL

IN WISCONSIN,

I ACCOMPANIED

A GROUP OF WOMEN...

WHOSE WELFARE BENEFITS

HAD JUST BEEN CUT...

BY THE REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR,

TOMMY THOMPSON...

AND THE DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENT,

BILL CLINTON.

JOINING US, QUITE UNEXPECTEDLY,

WERE TWO MORNING DEEJAYS

FROM THE LOCAL ROCK STATION.

AND THE CRASH-AND-BURNS

CREW HERE ON WJJO,

AND WE'RE GONNA OFFER

TO CLEAN UP HIS OFFICE

TO SHOW HIM...

THAT THESE PEOPLE WANT

THEIR MONEY AND THEY'RE

WILLING TO WORK FOR IT.

MAN, I'M WINDED.

[ Chattering ]

[ People Chattering ]

MICHAEL MOORE.

MICHAEL.GOOD TO MEET YA.

GOVERNOR THOMPSON HERE ?

NO, HE'S ACTUALLY--

HE'S OUT OF STATE.

HE'S OUT OF STATE ?

WELL, WE BROUGHT

SOME PEOPLE HERE WHO

ARE RECIPIENTS OF WELFARE.

THEY WOULD LIKE

TO COME IN AND CLEAN

THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE.

THEY BROUGHT MOPS,

BROOMS, SOME DUST PADS--

OH, WE ALREADY HAVE

PEOPLE WHO DO THAT.

UH, BUT THEY'RE WILLING TO--

THEY WANT TO GIVE IT

AN EXTRA POLISH.

THEY BROUGHT SOME--

[ Man ]

BE A LOT CHEAPER.

YEAH. 'CAUSE YOU'RE ALREADY

PAYING THEM.

WE ALREADY HAVE A LOT

OF PEOPLE WHO ARE

PAID TO DO THAT.

BUT YOU KNOW HOW THE GOVERNOR--

YOU KNOW, HE'S KIND

OF WORRIED ABOUT WELFARE.

PEOPLE NOT WANTING

TO WORK.WE GIVE THEM JOBS WHERE

THEY DON'T-- THEY DON'T HAVE

TO GET WELFARE BENEFITS.

THEY'LL GET A REAL PAYCHECK.

YOU'LL ACTUALLY GIVE THEM

REAL JOBS WITH REAL PAYCHECKS ?

SURE. SURE,

WE'LL HELP THEM.

WHERE THEY WON'T BE EVICTED ?

THEY'LL HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO PAY

THE RENT AND GET THE FOOD ?

SURE.YOU'LL DO THAT

FOR THESE WOMEN RIGHT NOW ?

WELL, WE'LL SET THEM UP

WITH THE PEOPLE WHO'LL

HELP THEM DO THAT, SURE.

RIGHT NOW ?

RIGHT NOW YOU WILL ?

SURE. WHERE ARE THEY--

WHERE ARE THEY FROM ?

AND WHAT KIND OF WAGE

ARE YOU GONNA PAY THEM HERE ?

PARDON ?

WELL, WHAT KIND OF WAGE

ARE YOU GONNA PAY THEM ?

MOST PEOPLE WHO ARE LEAVIN'

WELFARE RIGHT NOW ARE MAKIN'

$6.00 AN HOUR.

DO YOU REALIZE

THAT THE AVERAGE JOB...

STARTS AT 5.25 TO 5.75

AN HOUR ?[ Keane ]

FIRST OF ALL, LET ME

EXPLAIN SOMETHING ABOUT THAT.

OKAY, SAY IT IS 5.25

AN HOUR, AND YOU'RE

MAKIN' 5.25 AN HOUR.

YOU WILL HAVE,

AT THE END OF THE YEAR,

5,000 DOLLARS MORE REAL INCOME

IN YOUR POCKET THAN BEING

ON THE A.F.D.C.

I DON'T WANT TO BE ON A.F.D.C.

I'M A FULL-TIME STUDENT

WORKING NOW--

THAT'S MY POINT.

IF YOU'RE WORKIN', EVEN

AT THAT $5.00-AN-HOUR JOB,

IF YOU JUST LOOK

AT THE PURE CASH,

THE PURE DOLLARS,

YOU'RE MAKIN' MORE MONEY

AT THAT $5.00-AN-HOUR JOB

THAN YOU ARE ON THE A.F.D.C.

YEAH, BUT I'M NOT GETTIN'

MEDICAL BENEFITS.

SURE, YOU WILL.

I'M NOT GETTIN'

DENTAL BENEFITS.

SURE YOU WILL.

WAIT A MINUTE.

MY CHILDREN ARE NOT

GONNA BE COVERED.

WHO'S GONNA PAY

FOR MY CHILD CARE ?

SERIOUSLY, MA'AM, IF YOU WERE

TO GO THE JOB CENTER--

I'M GOIN' THERE NOW.

THAT'S WHAT I'M

TELLIN' YOU NOW. WE

ALREADY AT THE JOB CENTER.

WE'RE ALREADY ON

THE PAY FOR PERFORMERS.

WE'VE ALREADY BEEN

THROUGH THE GOALS PROGRAM.

WE'VE ALREADY

TOOK THEIR CLASSES.

AND I'M STILL GETTING

SANCTIONED, AND I STILL

DON'T HAVE A JOB,

AND I'M STILL

ON WELFARE.

[ Man ]

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF ALL THIS ?

[ Laughing ]

I'M STAYING

OUT OF THE WAY.

YOU KNOW MY PROBLEM.

WHAT'S YOUR PROBLEM ?

WELL, GOVERNOR THOMPSON

IS A PERSONAL FRIEND,

AND THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR

IS ALSO A PERSONAL FRIEND,

AND I REALLY DON'T WANT

THEM TO SEE ME HERE...

AND WONDER

WHAT THE HECK I'M DOING.

ROGER SMITH, MY OLD BUDDY,

ALL RIGHT ?

HERE'S GOVERNOR THOMPSON

GIVING A WELFARE CHECK TO ROGER.

[ Keane ] YEAH.

AND HOW MANY JOBS DID THAT HELP

CREATE FOR PEOPLE THAT YOU'RE

COMPLAINING ABOUT TO WORK ?

YEAH, YOU TELL ME, HOW MANY JOBS

HAS G.M. ELIMINATED IN THIS

STATE IN THE LAST TEN YEARS ?

SINCE TOMMY THOMPSON'S BEEN

IN OFFICE, THEY'VE HAD

MORE JOBS IN THIS STATE.

BEEN IN OFFICE.

GENERAL MOTORS ?

YES. SINCE TOMMY THOMPSON

HAS BEEN IN OFFICE.

COME ON.- YOU COMPLAIN ABOUT PEOPLE

GETTING THEIR JOBS BACK,

- WHAT I WANT YOU TO DO IS...

STOP GIVING AWAY

THE FREE MONEY.

YOU JUST WANT

TO HAVE AN ISSUE.

STOP GIVING AWAY THE FREE MONEY

TO THE CORPORATIONS.

YOU JUST WANT TO HAVE--

WE WANNA WORK !

WE WANNA WORK !

WHERE'S MY BROOM AT,

AND MY TOILET BRUSH ?

THERE'S SOMETHING STINK

UP IN THIS CAPITOL.

[ Woman ]

I AM A MOTHER OF FOUR CHILDREN.

FULL-TIME STUDENT.

MY YOUNGEST CHILD

WILL BE A YEAR,

NOVEMBER 21.

I AM TRYING TO BETTER MYSELF

IN ORDER TO GET A JOB...

WHERE I CAN AFFORD TO LIVE

ABOVE THE POVERTY LINE,

AND IT'S JUST NOT WORKING.

[ Woman #2 ]

SEE THAT SIGN ?

SAY JUSTICE.

WHERE'S MINE ?

WHERE'S MY JUSTICE ?

THIS WAY ?

COME ON, PUMPKIN.

TOMMY THOMPSON.

[ Laughter ]

[ Booing, Hissing ]

WHAT BAD EXPERIENCE

DID HE HAVE

IN JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL ?

[ Laughter ]

"HI. I'M TOMMY THOMPSON."

[ Laughter ]

"MMM ! I'M GONNA TAKE IT

OUT ON ALL THE PEOPLE OF

WISCONSIN WHEN I GROW UP."

[ Laughter,

Applause ]

TOMMY THOMPSON.

I WENT OVER

TO SEE HIM TODAY.

I, UH, WENT OVER THERE...

TO TURN IN

SOME WELFARE MOTHERS.

[ Laughter ]

TO TURN IN

SOME WELFARE MOTHERS,

'CAUSE I AM SICK AND TIRED

OF THESE LAZY WELFARE BUMS--

THESE CHEATS,

THESE CHISELERS--

GENERAL MOTORS, CHRYSLER,

JOHNSON CONTROLS,

PABST BLUE RIBBON,

MILLER, ET CETERA,

ET CETERA, ET CETERA.

[ Cheering,

Applause ]

THE PEOPLE OF WISCONSIN

HAVE BEEN DOLING OUT...

WAY TOO MUCH WELFARE MONEY

TO THESE CORPORATIONS.

DO YOU KNOW, NATIONWIDE,

WE GIVE $170 BILLION

A YEAR...TO CORPORATE AMERICA

IN CORPORATE WELFARE ?

THAT'S FREE CASH,

FREE HANDOUTS.

THREE TIMES WHAT WE GIVE

IN SOCIAL WELFARE.

THREE TIMES.

WE DON'T HEAR A WORD

ABOUT THAT, THOUGH,

DO WE ?WE DON'T HEAR TOMMY THOMPSON

WANTING TO END WELFARE

AS HE KNOWS IT.

SURE.I GOT 20 CITIES LEFT

TO GO, ALL RIGHT ?

SO YOU'RE

AT NUMBER 27 NOW ?

WHAT IS-- YES.

YOU'VE DONE THIS BEFORE.

THIS IS MY FIRST TIME.

WHAT IS YOUR ADVICE

FOR ME ON THIS TOUR ?

HOW DO I GET THROUGH THIS ?

ONE PERSON AT A TIME,

YOU LOOK THEM IN THE EYE.

YOU SHAKE THEIR HAND.

YOU DO WHATEVER THEY WANT.

YOU BECOME

A PASSIVE INDIVIDUAL.

RIGHT.YOU GIVE UP ALL SENSE

OF, UH, PERSONAL WILL

OR PREFERENCE.

RIGHT.YOU-YOU ARE--

YOU ARE MEAT.

ANY ADVICE

ON HOW TO DEAL

WITH THE ESCORTS ?

THE ESCORTS ?

YEAH.DON'T-DON'T EVEN

GET INTO THAT.

DON'T EVEN--

DON'T-DON'T-DON'T

GET INVOLVED WITH THAT.

[ Laughing ]

IT'S NOT A GOOD THING.

TAKE COLD SHOWERS

AND, UH, AND, UH,

GO TO CHURCH.

KYRIE ELEISON

CHRISTE ELEISON

AH-AH-AH-AH-AH

[ Laughs ]

THIS--

[ Laughs ]

SISTER HERMAN IN FIFTH GRADE,

YOU KNOW, SHE TAUGHT US

ABOUT IMPURE THOUGHTS.

FIFTH GRADE, ALL RIGHT ?

SHE DID TWO THINGS TO US

IN FIFTH GRADE.

SHE TAUGHT US WHAT

IMPURE THOUGHTS WERE...

AND SHE USED TO COME

INTO THE BOYS' ROOM...

DURING THE TWO TIMES

OF THE DAY YOU COULD

GO TO PEE--

THEY MARCH YOU DOWN

IN A STRAIGHT LINE,

YOU GO IN AND PEE--

AND SHE'D COME IN THERE

AND WATCH US PEE...

TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WEREN'T

PLAYING WITH OURSELVES.

[ Laughter ]

I SWEAR.AND IF IT LOOKED LIKE

YOU WERE HAVING

TOO MUCH FUN PEEING,

SHE'D GO LIKE THIS:

[ Clucking Tongue ]

SO ONE DAY I SAID,

"SISTER,WHEN IS AN IMPURE THOUGHT

A VENIAL SIN AND WHEN

IS IT A MORTAL SIN ?"

YOU KNOW, VENIAL SINS

YOU JUST GO TO PURGATORY,

MORTAL SINS

YOU BURN IN HELL.

AND SHE SAID--

AND I QUOTE--

"A VENIAL SIN IS WHEN YOU

JUST ALLOW THE THOUGHT...

"TO PASS QUICKLY

THROUGH YOUR HEAD

WITHOUT HOLDING IT.

IT JUST GOES

RIGHT THROUGH YOUR HEAD."

WOOSH !

[ Laughter ]

"THAT'S A VENIAL SIN.

"BUT IF YOU HOLD

THAT THOUGHT FOR MORE

THAN FIVE SECONDS,

IT'S A MORTAL SIN."

YEAH. SO I SPENT,

YOU KNOW, LIKE,

MOST OF MY ADOLESCENCE

TIMING MY IMPURE

THOUGHTS."FIVE, FOUR,

THREE, TWO, ONE.

OKAY ! IT'S GONE !

"IT'S GONE !

"HERE COMES ANOTHER ONE.

OKAY !"FIVE, FOUR,

THREE, TWO, ONE.

OH, LUCIFER,

HERE I COME !"

WE WERE OVER

AT THE MALL OF AMERICA,

[ Audience Murmuring ]

JUST BEFORE, UH--

OH !"NO, WE DON'T GO

TO THE MALL OF AMERICA.

[ Laughter ]

"NO. WE'RE-- WE'RE GOING

TO THE STUDENT UNION

AFTER THIS...

"TO LISTEN TO MULTICULTURAL

FOLK MUSIC FROM CUBA...

"AND EAT TOFU

FROM NICARAGUA.

MALL OF AMERICA--

WE DON'T WANT TO BE THERE

WITH THOSE PEOPLE."

WHAT A GREAT PLACE, MAN.

I WISH I'D SPENT

THE WHOLE DAY THERE.

WE-- WE MET--

[ Laughs ]

WE MET SOME INCREDIBLE PEOPLE.

WE MET THIS GUY,

[ Mumbles ]

AND I SAID, YOU KNOW,

"DID YOU VOTE

IN THE LAST ELECTION ?"

HE WAS PROBABLY

IN HIS EARLY 20s.

SAID, "NO.

I WAS IN PRISON."

YEAH, I WAS IN VENTURA.

YOU WERE

IN THAT PRISON ?

CALIFORNIA YOUTH AUTHORITY.

YEAH, I WAS.

WHERE T.W.A. HAS

THAT RESERVATION THING ?

YEAH.IF YOU CALL T.W.A.

AT CERTAIN TIMES OF THE DAY

TO MAKE A PLANE RESERVATION,

YOU'RE TALKING TO AN INMATE

IN VENTURA, CALIFORNIA.

HE GOES,

"YEAH, THAT WAS US."

[ Laughter ]

SO YOU MEAN, YOU'RE IN

PRISON, AND YOU'RE TAKING

AIRLINE RESERVATIONS.

AND YOU'RE SENDING PEOPLE

TO THE BAHAMAS,

MM-HMM.AND YOU CAN'T EVEN

WALK OUTSIDE ?

[ Youth ] I THINK IT'S, LIKE,

A "CORPORATIONAL" THING

SO T.W.A. DOESN'T HAVE...

TO HIRE PEOPLE,

AND THEY CAN PAY LESS.

BECAUSE IF YOU INTO A JOB

AT T.W.A., YOU'RE GONNA BE--

THEY'RE GONNA PAY YOU SEVEN,

EIGHT, YOU KNOW,

NINE BUCKS AN HOUR.

[ Moore ] ANY FUNNY STORIES,

I MEAN, PEOPLE CALLING UP

FOR RESERVATIONS ?

OH, YEAH, THERE'S ALL KINDS.

LIKE HOW PEOPLE GET PHONE

NUMBERS AND STUFF LIKE THAT,

AND GET HOOKUPS,

AND, YOU KNOW, LIKE,

GIRLS'LL BE CALLING...

AND IT'LL BE, LIKE,

"HEY, WHAT'S YOUR NAME,"

AND THIS AND THAT.

YOU KNOW, YOUR NORMAL STUFF

THAT WOULD PROBABLY HAPPEN

IF YOU WERE WORKING AT T.W.A.,

YOU KNOW, BUT THEY DON'T

REALIZE THAT,

WHAT THEY'RE REALLY TALKING TO

ARE RAPISTS OR MURDERERS,

OR, YOU KNOW,

PEOPLE THAT ARE JUST,

LIKE--THEY TALK ABOUT, LIKE,

HOW THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO CHANGE

KIDS AND THIS AND THAT ?

YEAH.

I CAME OUT

AS A MURDERER.

I DON'T GIVE A FUCK

ABOUT YOU, YOU, YOU, YOU.

ANYBODY IN HERE.

YOU KNOW ? I--

WHY SHOULD I ?

YOU DON'T GIVE A SHIT ?

NAH. NOBODY GIVES

A SHIT IN THERE.

YOU DON'T GIVE A SHIT--

YOU DON'T GIVE

A SHIT ABOUT ME ?

NO. I DON'T CARE ABOUT--

I DO NOT CARE ABOUT

NOBODY.AND THAT IS--

THAT IS YOUR

BASIC SOCIETY NOWADAYS.

SO YOU COULD FUCK ME UP

RIGHT NOW IF YOU WANTED TO ?

YEAH. I WOULDN'T CARE.

YOU WOULDN'T CARE ?

NO. I WOULDN'T.

SO NEXT TIME YOU'RE, LIKE,

TREATING THAT PERSON

ON THE PHONE REALLY SHITTY,

'CAUSE THEY CAN'T FIND

YOUR FREQUENT FLYER NUMBER,

JUST REMEMBER, YOU COULD

GET A VISIT SOMEDAY.

[ Laughter ]

ISN'T THAT SICK, THOUGH ?

I MEAN, CORPORATIONS ARE

USING PRISON LABOR.

WE'RE NOT TALKING

ABOUT CHINA, HERE.

WE'RE TALKING

ABOUT THE U.S. OF "A."

SPAULDING PACKAGES

THEIR GOLF BALLS

IN PRISONS IN HAWAII.

MICROSOFT PACKAGES SOFTWARE

IN PRISONS IN WASHINGTON.

EDDIE BAUER HAS CLOTHES MADE

IN PRISONS IN WASHINGTON STATE.

YOU AWARE OF THIS ?

IF YOU LIVE IN COLORADO,

AND YOU'RE GETTING A CALL

FROM A.T.&T.,

A.T.&T. USES PRISONERS TO DO

THEIR MARKETING FOR THEM,

THEIR TELEMARKETING.

THEY'RE CALLING PEOPLE

AT 9:00 AT NIGHT ASKING THEM

TO SWITCH FROM M.C.I.,

AND THEY'RE DOING

20 TO LIFE.

[ Laughter ]

WHAT DO YOU THINK

THEY'RE GETTING PAID ?

VIRTUALLY NOTHING.

WE REALLY--

WHY DON'T WE JUST CLOSE DOWN

ALL THE FACTORIES,

THROW EVERYONE

OUT OF WORK, RIGHT ?

A NUMBER OF THEM WILL

OBVIOUSLY TURN TO CRIME

BECAUSE THEY'LL BE UNEMPLOYED.

WE CAN THEM SHIP THEM

BACK INTO THE FACTORY,

WHICH CAN NOW BE A PRISON,

AND THEY CAN DO THEIR

OLD JOB, WHICH THEY'RE

ALREADY TRAINED TO DO,

AND GET PAID

TWO DOLLARS AN HOUR,

AND THE COMPANY

CAN MAKE A HUGE PROFIT.

[ Applause ]

WHAT A GREAT IDEA !

HUH ?THEN THE DOW

CAN HIT 10,000.

YEAH !BUT, YOU KNOW, IT'S--

IT'S KIND OF

A NEW GENERATION...

OF MEDIA GUIDES

COMING IN NOW, AND--

YEAH, COULD WE CHANGE THE NAME

TO MEDIA GUIDE OR SOMETHING,

BUT NOT ESCORT ?

LITERARY GIGOLO ?

YEAH.

[ Chuckling ]

[ Moore Narrating ]

MINNEAPOLIS IS THE HEADQUARTERS

FOR PILLSBURY,

WHICH HAS BEEN USING

FEDERAL FUNDS TO SEND THEIR

DOUGHBOY TO THE THIRD WORLD.

- [ Speaking Spanish ]

- PILLSBURY DOUGHBOY--

[ Spanish ]

[ Moore Narrating ] THIS ESCORT

WOULD BE THE FIRST TO JOIN ME

AS A PARTNER IN CRIME.

OKAY, NOW, IT'S--

ONE SIDE OF IT IS COMING UP

HERE ON THE LEFT.

THIS IS PROBABLY GONNA BE

OUR EASIEST WAY TO APPROACH IT.

HUH ?HI, HOW YOU DOIN' ?

YOU WANNA SHUT

THAT OFF ?

WHAT'S WRONG ?

YOU WANNA SHUT IT OFF ?

YEAH, SHUT IT OFF,

SHUT IT OFF.

WHAT ARE YOU DOING ?

WE'D LIKE TO GO UP

AND TALK TO

THE PUBLIC RELATIONS WOMAN.

YOU DON'T BE TAKING FILM

THROUGH THIS BUILDING.

YOU HAVE TO HAVE PERMISSION

FROM THE BUILDING BEFORE

YOU CAN DO ANYTHING IN HERE.

ALL WE WANT TO ASK IS ABOUT

PILLSBURY AND $11 MILLION--

I DON'T CARE. COME WITH ME.

ALL RIGHT.

CAN WE FILM OUT HERE ?

[ Moore Narrating ]

THEY TOLD ME I WAS ALLOWED TO

ASK THE CHAIRMAN ONE QUESTION...

AS LONG AS I WROTE IT

ON A YELLOW POST-IT NOTE.

OKAY, SO HERE'S THE QUESTION:

"WHY DOES PILLSBURY NEED

$11 MILLION IN WELFARE

FOR THE DOUGHBOY ?"

WHAT YOU SHOULD DO THIS

AFTERNOON IS CHECK IN HERE AND

THEY'LL HAVE SOME INFORMATION.

BUT I'LL CALL.

330-5103.

YEAH.[ Moore Narrating ]

I LEFT PILLSBURY CONFIDENT

THAT THEY WOULD TAKE...

THIS POST-IT NOTE TO

THEIR LEADER AND CONVINCE HIM TO

STOP ACCEPTING WELFARE CHECKS...

FOR THE LITTLE MAN

MADE OF DOUGH.

YOU KNOW I'M STANDING

AT THE STATION

READY TO GO

OH, BIG, OLD AIR-O-PLANE

I'M TRUSTING YOU SO

GET ON UP, BIG BIRD

TO MY BABY'S LOVE

GET ON UP, BIG BIRD

TO MY BABY'S LOVE

GET ON UP

BABE I GOT TO MAKE IT

BABE JUST GET ON UP

BABE 'CAUSE I'VE GOT TO MAKE IT

BABE GET ON UP

[ Fades ]

MICHAEL MOORE,

DIANE MITCHELL

FROM CHICAGO MEDIA.

OH, HI. HOW ARE YOU ?

ARE YOU THE NEW ESCORT ?

HI. HOW ARE YOU ?

YES, I AM.

OH, HOW YOU DOIN' ?

FINE. HOW 'BOUT YOU ?

THEY'RE READY FOR YOU.

OH, THEY ARE.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WELL,

THANKS FOR BEING HERE.

MY PLEASURE, BELIEVE ME.

MICHAEL IS LIKE A, UH,

FLOOR SAMPLE OF WHAT

WE CAN ALL BE.

HE'S A WONDERFUL FLOOR SAMPLE,

AND HE GIVES US COURAGE,

YOU KNOW ?

AND HE SAYS, YOU KNOW,

"WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

EACH ONE OF US CAN.

AND ALL WE HAVE TO DO IS

STAND UP AND STAND TOGETHER."

RIGHT OVER HIM

WE'RE GONNA ROLL

RIGHT OVER HIM

WE'RE GONNA ROLL

THE UNION ON

[ Man ] ONE MORE. ONE MORE.

WE'RE GONNA ROLL

WE'RE GONNA ROLL

WE'RE GONNA ROLL

THE UNION ON

ONE MORE VERSE.

WE'RE GONNA ROLL

WE'RE GONNA ROLL

WE'RE GONNA ROLL

THE UNION ON

HEARING THAT SONG OF THE '30s

OF THE FLINT SIT-DOWN STRIKE...

OF LABOR, THE C.I.O.

I'M SEATED NEXT TO

MICHAEL MOORE. NOW, MANY OF YOU

KNOW WHO MICHAEL MOORE IS.

AND MICHAEL MOORE'S NEW BOOK

IS CALLED DOWNSIZE THIS!

RANDOM THREATS

FROM AN UNARMED AMERICAN.

AND SO, JUST HEARING

THIS PASSAGE FROM THIS

OLD LABOR SONG OF THE '30s,

WHAT THOUGHT COMES

TO YOUR MINDMMEDIATELY ?

I THINK OF MY UNCLE LAVERNE,

ACTUALLY, WHO, UM, WHO WAS

IN THAT SIT-DOWN STRIKE...

60 YEARS AGO

THIS WINTER, STUDS.

AND I THINK ABOUT,

UM, YOU KNOW,

HOW-HOW ALL OF US GAINED...

FROM THAT

AND ALL OTHER LABOR ACTIONS

THAT CAME AFTER THAT.

HOW-- THE STANDARD OF LIVING--

HOW OUR HEALTH CARE,

SOCIAL SECURITY, CHILD LABOR--

ALL THESE THINGS CAME AS

A RESULT OF THE STRUGGLE...

THAT THOSE PEOPLE

PARTICIPATED IN.

AND IF THEY COULD SEE

WHAT'S GOING ON NOW--

[ Scoffs ]

WE COME TO THE BIG SUBJECT.

WE HEAR THE PHRASE TODAY--

"SINCE THE EVIL EMPIRE IS GONE,

WE HAVE A NEW ENEMY

CALLED TERRORISTS."

AND SO YOU HAVE A PICTURE

AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS BOOK,

DOWNSIZE THIS!

TWO PHOTOGRAPHS.

"WHAT IS TERRORISM ?"

AND IT'S ALMOST-- TWO

PHOTOGRAPHS ALMOST IDENTICAL.

DESTROYED BUILDINGS.

THE FIRST ONE'S OKLAHOMA CITY,

OKLAHOMA,1995, AFTER THE BOMBING.

DOWN BELOW:

FLINT, MICHIGAN, 1996.

AND YOU CAN HARDLY TELL

THE DIFFERENCE. THEY'RE

TWO PIECES OF DESTRUCTION.

SO THE QUESTION IS,

"WHAT IS TERRORISM ?"

WELL, OBVIOUSLY,

IF YOU PARK A RYDER TRUCK

IN FRONT OF A BUILDING...

FILLED WITH EXPLOSIVES

AND BLOW UP THAT BUILDING...

AND KILL 168 PEOPLE,

THAT'S AN ACT OF TERRORISM.

THERE'S NO QUESTION

ABOUT THAT.

BUT WHAT DO YOU CALL IT,

STUDS, WHEN YOU POLITELY

REMOVE THE PEOPLE...

FROM THE BUILDING FIRST

AND THEN BLOW IT UP ?

BUT IN THE ENSUING YEARS,

THE PEOPLE THAT USED TO WORK

IN THAT BUILDING--

BECAUSE THEIR LIVELIHOOD

HAS BEEN STRIPPED FROM THEM--

THE PEOPLE

THAT USED WORK THERE--

A NUMBER OF THEM WILL DIE.

THEY'LL DIE FROM SUICIDE.

THEY'LL DIE FROM SPOUSAL ABUSE.

THEY'LL DIE FROM DRUGS

AND ALCOHOLISM.

ALL THE SOCIAL PROBLEMS

THAT SURROUND PEOPLE

WHEN THEY BECOME UNEMPLOYED.

THOSE PEOPLE ARE J JT AS DEAD

AS THE PEOPLE IN OKLAHOMA CITY,

BUT WE DON'T CALL THE ACTIONS

OF THE COMPANY TERRORISM,

DO WE ?WE DON'T CALL THE COMPANY

A MURDERER.

BUT THOSE--

BUT I DO CONSIDER THIS AN ACT

OF ECONOMIC TERRORISM,

WHEN AT A TIME YOU'RE MAKING

A RECORD PROFIT, YOU WOULD THROW

PEOPLE OUT OF WORK...

JUST SO YOU CAN MAKE

A LITTLE BIT MORE.

[ Moore Narrating ]

BACK WHEN WE WERE IN CENTRALIA,

WE HAD PROMISED THE WORKERS...

AT PAYDAY THAT

WHEN WE GOT TO CHICAGO,

WE'D PAY THEIR OWNERS A VISIT.

[ Whistling ]

I-I'LL WRITE IT IN

FOR YOU.

OKAY.WE'RE JUST SUPPOSED

TO TAKE THIS

TO THE CHAIRMAN'S OFFICE--

SURPRISE.YOU'D BETTER CHECK WITH

THAT GIRL IN THERE BEFORE

YOU GO ANYWHERE.

OKAY.[ Woman ]

JIM, THEY'RE NOT ALLOWED IN

HERE. YOU HAVE TO GET 'EM OUT.

[ Moore ] ...SURPRISE.

IT'S PAYDAY, FRIDAY.

WAIT A MINUTE.

I GOT A CHECK HERE FOR 65 CENTS

TO BUY THE LAST PAYDAY.

YEAH, BUT WHO SAID, YOU GUYS--

YOU COULD COME IN HERE ?

WE DID.WHO IS

MICHAEL MOORE ?

THAT'S ME.

I'M MICHAEL MOORE.

- ARE YOU SECURITY ?

- YEAH.[ Moore ]

HUH ?

[ Guard ] OUTSIDE.

WHAT ? WE CAN'T WAIT

IN HERE ?[ Woman ]

NO.

NO. OUTSIDE.

OH. OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

IF YOU DON'T,

WE'LL CALL THE POLICE.

CALL THE POLICE ?

YEAH.NO NEED TO CALL THE POLICE.

YOU CAN JUST GO OUTSIDE.

I'M BRINGING A PRESENT.

[ Man ]

LEAVE YOUR PRESENT

OUTSIDE THE DOOR.

YOU WANNA GET OUTSIDE

THE DOOR, PLEASE ? HUH ?

ARE THEY GONNA CALL UP ?

YEAH, HE DID CALL.

YOU'RE NOT-- YOU'RE NOT

ALLOWED IN HERE. OUTSIDE.

[ Man ]

YEAH, TAKE HIM OUTSIDE THE DOOR

AND WAIT THERE.

- AND WE WANT-- WE WANT--

- THE BOSS IS COMING TO MEET YOU

OUTSIDE THE DOOR.

THE BOSS IS

GONNA COME OUT ?

YEAH. OUTSIDE THE DOOR.

OKAY, GREAT.

A $20 MILLION PROFIT.

WILL YOU STEP OUTSIDE THE DOOR ?

YEAH, I KNOW

WHAT YOU'RE THINKING.

[ Man ]

GO AND WAIT

OUTSIDE THE DOOR.

DON'T TAKE PICTURES

OF ME, NOW, OKAY ?

YOU AREN'T--

YOU WANNA GO OUTSIDE, SIR ?

[ Woman ]

HEY, HEY, HEY,

HEY, HEY. HEY.

WHAT THE HELL

ARE YOU DOING ?

[ Moore ]

THE BOSS IS COMING ?

IS HE COMING DOWN ? THE BOSS ?

IS HE COMING DOWN ?

[ Car Horn Honks ]

MICHAEL, THE GUY--

THE SUPPLIER THAT JUST LEFT--

HE TOLD ME-- FOR YOU TO SEE--

THE COMPANY WAS JUST SOLD

TO HERSHEY'S TODAY.

THIS COMPANY ?

YEAH. TODAY.

WAS SOLD TO HERSHEY'S ?

TODAY ?

TODAY.HERSHEY. TODAY.

THEY TOOK OVER LEAF,

NORTH AMERICA.

RIGHT ? OKAY,

I GOT THE RIGHT NAME NOW.

IS THE BOSS

COMING DOWN ?

NO ? YOU SAID

HE WAS COMING DOWN.

HE'S NOT COMING DOWN.

HE'S NOT COMING DOWN ?

WELL, YOU TRICKED US.

OH, MAN.

WE'VE BEEN HOODWINKED.

[ Sirens Wailing ]

[ Tires Screeching ]

POLICE ARE HERE.

LET'S-- HEADS UP.

HOW YOU DOING ?

GOOD.

I'M MICHAEL MOORE.

I'M MAKING A DOCUMENTARY FILM

FOR THE BBC, AND, UM--

[ Muttering ]

WHAT'S THAT ?

WE'VE BEEN ASKED

TO ASK YOU TO LEAVE.

TURN THAT OFF, PLEASE.

THEY MADE A BIG ANNOUNCEMENT

TODAY THAT HERSHEY IS TAKING

OVER LEAF.

SO ?AND--

WE JUST WANNA TALK

TO SOME--I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT

THEY DON'T WANNA TALK TO YOU,

AND THIS IS PRIVATE PROPERTY.

WELL, THEY JUST HANDED OUT

A PRESS RELEASE.

WE'RE THE PRESS.

WE'LL LEAVE.

WE'RE NOT ON PUBLIC PROPERTY

IS WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.

THAT'S RIGHT.

CORRECT.

THIS IS PRIVATE PROPERTY.

THAT'S CORRECT.

I ASKED YOU

TO TURN THAT OFF.

WE'LL LEAVE. TURN IT OFF.

YEAH, TURN OFF ALL THE STUFF.

THIS IS MICHAEL MOORE.

IF HE ASKS YOU AGAIN,

WE'RE GONNA CONFISCATE

THE EQUIPMENT.

ALL RIGHT, LOOK.

DON'T-- ALL EQUIPMENT,

OFF.ALL RIGHT ?

OFFICER, THERE'S NO REASON--

PUT AWAY THOSE HANDCUFFS.

[ Door Closing ]

"WAIT, WAIT." YOU KNOW--

"WHAT'S YOUR NAME ? LET ME SEE

YOUR DRIVER'S LICENSE."

I SAID, "NO, NO, NO.

YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND.

WE'RE JUST--"

"THAT'S ENOUGH."

YOU KNOW, AND THE GUY'S GETTING

READY TO READ ME MY RIGHTS.

AND I SAID, "WAIT A MINUTE.

YOU CAN'T ARREST ME.

I'M ON A BOOK TOUR."

[ Audience Laughing ]

[ English Accent ]

I'M AN AUTHOR.

YOU CAN'T ARREST AUTHORS.

[ Chuckling ]

AND THE PRIVATE SECURITY GUY'S

GOING, "ARREST HIM. ARREST HIM.

"WE-WE TOLD HIM. WE TOLD HIM

GET OFF OUR PROPERTY,

AND HE REFUSED TO LEAVE.

HE'S TRESPASSING.

YEAH, ARREST HIM."

I'M GOING, "WAIT A MINUTE.

THAT'S NOT WHAT HAPPENED.

THEY TOLD US TO COME OUTSIDE...

AND STAY HERE AND WAIT

FOR THE BOSS."

"NO, HE DIDN'T.

THAT'S A LIE. THAT'S A LIE."

OF COURSE, HE'D FORGOTTEN

ABOUT THE PEOPLE HE HAD PUSHED

OUT THE DOOR WITH ME.

AND SO I SAID TO THE OFFICER,

"OFFICER, LET'S ROLL

THE VIDEOTAPE."

[ All Laughing ]

[ Humming Western Theme ]

I AM SUPPOSED

TO KEEP THEM ON SCHEDULE.

YES. AND THANK GOD THE 2:00

APPOINTMENT WAS CANCELED TODAY,

OR ELSE WE WOULD BE IN TROUBLE.

YES, I AM, AND SOMETIMES

I'M NOT VERY POPULAR WITH THEM.

BECAUSE I HAVE TO BE A MEANIE.

[ Moore Narrating ]

WELL, SHE WASN'T REALLY

A MEANIE,BUT THIS WAS MY WEDDING

ANNIVERSARY, AND MY WIFE

HAD JUST FLOWN INTO TOWN.

I HAD TO FIND A WAY

TO LOSE THE ESCORT,

AND THEN I REMEMBERED SOMETHING

THAT RICK FROM CHEAP TRICK

HAD SUGGESTED.

WHAT YOU DO-- YOU ASK THEM

TO GO GET YOU SOME CIGARETTES.

THEN YOU CALL SECURITY.

AND WHILE THEY'RE OUT TRYING

TO GET YOU SOME CIGARETTES--

EVEN THOUGH YOU DON'T SMOKE--

YEAH.

YOU CALL SECURITY AND SAY,

"THIS GUY, HE'S WEARING A SUIT."

AND YOU DESCRIBE HIM, 'CAUSE

YOU KNOW EXACTLY WHAT YOU

LOOK-- WHAT HE LOOKS LIKE.

AND YOU SAY,

"I DON'T CARE WHAT HE SAYS.

"HE'S BOTHERING THE DAYLIGHTS

OUT OF ME, AND HE'S NUTS.

HE'S NUTS NO MATTER WHAT.

GET RID OF HIM."

THAT'LL WORK ?

OH, YEAH.

JUST TELL 'EM, LIKE,

HE'S A STALKER OR WHATEVER ?

- OH, YEAH. BUT YOU GOTTA BE

A LITTLE MEAN-SPIRITED.

- YEAH. THAT'LL BE HARD FOR ME.

- I DOUBT IT.

- [ Both Laughing ]

UM, CAN YOU GO GET ME,

UM, LIKE A, UH--

SOMETHING--

LIKE IF YOU GO THROUGH

THOSE DOORS OUT THERE,

I THINK THERE'S

A COKE MACHINE

OR SOMETHING.

RIGHT.

COFFEE DOWNSTAIRS.

COFFEE DOWNSTAIRS ?

YEAH, YOU HAVE TO GO OUT

THROUGH THOSE DOORS,

THOUGH, FIRST, RIGHT ?

YEAH.

OKAY, GO OUT THROUGH

THOSE DOORS AND GET ME

ONE OF THOSE.

OKAY. COFFEE ?

THANKS A LOT.

COFFEE'S GREAT. THANKS.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

[ Chattering ]

UM, YES-- I WOULD SAY YES.

SHE'S CONSTANTLY

THREATENING ME,

AND YOU CAN SEE SHE HAS

THAT STALKER LOOK IN HER EYES.

OKAY, SO YOU DON'T WANT HER

ANYWHERE NEAR YOU ?

NO. AND IF YOU SEE HER

AROUND HERE--

YEAH, SHE MIGHT BE WEARING

EXACTLY WHAT'S

IN THAT PHOTOGRAPH.

OKAY.EXCUSE ME, MA'AM. COULD YOU

PLEASE PUT THE COFFEE OVER HERE,

RIGHT BY THE TABLE, PLEASE ?

I NEED YOU TO LEAVE

THE BUILDING RIGHT AWAY,

OKAY ?

WHY ?I NEED YOU

TO LEAVE THE BUILDING.

THEY'RE TAKING HER AWAY.

HOW IS

HE GONNA GET BACK ?

PLEASE WALK THIS WAY.

OKAY.

OH, WAIT A MINUTE--

NOW, OKAY.

ALL RIGHT.

ALL RIGHT, WE SHOULD

TELL HER NOW.

IT'S JUST A JOKE.

UH-OH. UH-OH. OH, MY--

WHERE IS HE TAKING HER ?

OH, GOD. OH, MY--

ALL RIGHT, HERE.

I'LL BE RIGHT BACK.

HANG ON ONE SECOND, ALL RIGHT ?

[ All Laughing ]

YOU'RE A SICK INDIVIDUAL.

WE ONLY DO THIS

TO PEOPLE WE LOVE.

GET OVER THERE.

GO SIGN YOUR BOOKS.

YOU SEE, SHE'S RIGHT BACK

TO ORDERING ME AGAIN. SEE ?

[ Country And Western ]

[ Moore Narrating ]

YOU KNOW WHAT I HATE

ABOUT BEING IN THESE AIRPORTS ?

ALWAYS HAVING TO STEP ASIDE

FOR THOSE BEEPING CARTS...

BECAUSE SOMEONE WHO'S PERFECTLY

CAPABLE OF WALKING TO THE PLANE

IS GETTING A FREE RIDE.

GONE 500 MILES

BEFORE THE DAY IS DONE

I GOT A BAD CASE

OF THE HOMESICK

TRUCK DRIVER BLUES

[ Moore ] WOULD YOU TELL US WHY

13,000 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN LAID OFF

HERE SINCE 1993...

AT A TIME OF RECORD PROFITS,

WHEN YOU'VE MADE

ABOUT $6 BILLION ?

WELL, WE WANTED TO KEEP

THIS COMPANY COMPETITIVE,

THAT WE NEEDED

TO DO SOMETHING

TODAY AND NOW...

IN ORDER TO ENSURE

THAT THIS COMPANY STAYED

HEALTHY AND PROFITABLE.

RIGHT. BUT IT'S OBVIOUS

THAT YOU'RE HEALTHY

AND YOU'RE PROFITABLE.

IT'S $6 BILLION.

THAT'S A HUGE PROFIT.

NO, THAT'S NOT CORRECT.

THAT'S NOT THE, UH--

SIX BILLION'S NOT HUGE ?

[ Together ]

THAT'S NOT OUR PROFITS.

THAT'S THE PROFIT.

NO, IT'S NOT.

WELL, WHAT IS THE PROFIT

SINCE 1993 ?

IT'S, UM--

YOU'RE TALKING

ANNUAL PROFITS ?

YES, ANNUAL PROFITS

SINCE 1993.

OH. SINCE '93.

OH. IF YOU TOTAL IT,

YES, THAT WOULD PROBABLY BE--

YEAH.THAT'S WHEN THE LAYOFFS STARTED.

THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING.

DURING THAT TIME OF LAYOFFS,

YOU MADE, TAKE HOME,

$6 BILLION.

DO YOU HAVE ANY PLANS OF

REHIRING ANY OF THESE PEOPLE NOW

THAT YOU'VE MADE $6 BILLION...

IN THE LAST THREE YEARS ?

WELL, WE ARE A COMPANY

THAT IS PROMOTION FROM WITHIN,

SO WE ARE ALWAYS HIRING

BECAUSE OF--

NO, THE PEOPLE

WHO LOST THEIR JOBS--

ARE YOU GONNA BRING THEM BACK ?

WE CAN'T SAY WHAT WE WOULD DO

AS FAR AS ANYBODY--

ARE YOU DOING WELL ?

SURE, WE'RE DOING WELL.

SO, WHY NOT SHARE THE WEALTH

A LITTLE HERE ?

IT'S GOOD FOR THE COUNTRY,

DON'T YOU THINK ?

HOW WOULD YOU FEEL ABOUT

A LAW THAT PROHIBITS

PROCTER AND GAMBLE...

FROM LAYING PEOPLE OFF

WHEN THEY'RE MAKING A PROFIT ?

I'M NOT IN A POSITION TO REALLY

BE ABLE TO RESPOND TO THAT KIND

OF LEGISLATION AT THIS POINT.

A CERTIFICATE OF ACHIEVEMENT

FOR THE PROCTER AND GAMBLE

CORPORATION:

SUCCESS IN DOWNSIZING.

CONGRATULATIONS.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU

VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

AND CALL US IF WE COULD--

CALL US IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS,

AND WE'LL BE GLAD TO, UH--

ALL RIGHT. I WILL

DEFINITELY CALL YOU. OKAY,

DO WE HAVE YOUR CARD SO WE CAN--

I DON'T HAVE A CARD WITH ME.

A PHONE NUMBER ?

DO YOU HAVE A CARD ?

I'LL GIVE YOU A CALL.

NO, I DON'T HAVE A CARD EITHER.

WHO'S GOT A CARD ?

WHO'S GOT A CARD ?

EVERYTHING ON ME HAS

BEEN LAUNDERED IN TIDE.

THANK YOU.

AND THE TIDE THAT HAS

THE LITTLE BIT OF BLEACH IN IT ?

MM-HMM ?I THINK THAT'S GREAT

BECAUSE IT DOESN'T, LIKE,

CREATE THOSE WHITE SPOTS...

THAT SOME OF YOUR COMPETITORS

CREATE IN THEIR PRODUCTS.

ANOTHER TECHNOLOGY

WE'VE PUT INTO TIDE

THAT IS VERY EFFECTIVE...

IS, UM, COLOR GUARD.

COLOR GUARD ?

SO THAT WHEN YOU WASH YOUR DARK

COLORS, THEY'RE NOT GONNA FADE.

SEE, I'M THE KIND OF GUY--

'CAUSE MY WIFE COMPLAINS

ABOUT THIS ALL THE TIME--

I REFUSE TO SEPARATE WHITES

FROM COLORS. YOU KNOW, I JUST

THROW THEM ALL IN AT ONCE.

AND I SAY TIDE-- YOU CAN DO

THAT WITH TIDE. IT WILL NOT

BLEED THE COLOR OF THE SHIRT.

AND SHE'S GOING, "NO, NO."

SHE'LL NEVER LET ME PUT

HER UNDERWEAR IN THERE.

ALL RIGHT. WELL,

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

APPRECIATE IT.

THANK YOU. TAKE CARE.

THAT'S MY PEN RIGHT THERE.

[ Man ]

BBC, THE BROADBANK

BURBCASTING CORPORATION.

I WANNA TALK ALSO--

IN THE BOOK, YOU TALK ABOUT WHAT

AMERICA NEEDS IS A MAKEOVER.

WHEN I FIRST SAW THIS,

I'LL BE HONEST, MICHAEL,

I THOUGHT, YOU KNOW,

IS THIS RIGHT TO CHANGE THINGS

IN AMERICA ?

I MEAN, WE'VE BEEN--

SO LONG, WE'VE HAD

THE SAME THINGS.

WE'VE LOOKED UP TO THE FLAG.

WE'VE LOOKED UP TO THE SYMBOLS

OF THIS COUNTRY.

AND YOU WANT TO CHANGE THEM.

THEN I GOT INTO IT A LITTLE BIT,

AND I DO HAVE TO ADMIT

YOU DO MAKE A LOT OF SENSE.

I'M JUST TRYING TO SAY, "LOOK,

YOU KNOW, THERE'S NOTHING WRONG

WITH A LITTLE P.R. MOVE HERE...

NO, THAT'S ALL THIS IS.

...TO IMPROVE OUR IMAGE."

FIRST OF ALL, THE NAME.

YOU KNOW, THE NAME IS SO BORING.

IT'S JUST A DESCRIPTION.

THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

I MEAN, THAT'S NOT WHAT THEY DID

OVER IN ENGLAND. THEY CALLED

THEMSELVES GREAT BRITAIN.

THEY DID.

YOU KNOW--

[ Booming Voice ]

GREAT BRITAIN.

YOU KNOW ?

BOY, YOU KNOW, THAT DOES

HAVE A BETTER FEEL TO IT.

YEAH, ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING

THERE'S NOTHING GREAT

ABOUT THEM. IT'S THE MARKETING.

YOU GET THE WORD "GREAT"

IN THERE, YOU KNOW ?

BUT YOU PUT THAT

ON A BATTLESHIP. YOU KNOW,

IT'S COMING INTO HARBOR.

IT'S LIKE, YOU KNOW,

THE NATIVES ARE GOING,

"WHOA, RUN AWAY !"

"GREAT."

"GREAT."

[ Booming Voice ]

UNITED KINGDOM. UNITED KINGDOM.

IT'S NOT A KINGDOM. IT'S JUST

A DINKY LITTLE ISLAND.

[ Disk Jockey ]

THE UNITED STATES, WHAT ARE WE ?

IT WOULD BE LIKE IF THE BRITISH

CALLED THEMSELVES A BUNCH OF

LITTLE DISTRICTS ON AN ISLAND.

YEAH.

[ Weak Voice ]

WE'RE THE UNITED STATES

OF AMERICA, YOU KNOW ?

YOU'RE RIGHT.

LET'S KNOCK THAT OFF.

WHAT WOULD WE CHANGE

IT TO ?

THE BIG ONE.

THE BIG ONE.

THE BIG ONE ?

YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY SAYS,

"WHERE YOU FROM ?"

"I'M FROM THE BIG ONE."

AND IF THEY DON'T LIKE IT,

BITE THE BIG ONE.

AND A NEW SLOGAN TOO, INSTEAD

OF, YOU KNOW, "IN GOD WE TRUST."

LET'S NOT SAY THAT ANYMORE.

LET'S CHANGE OUR NEW SLOGAN TO--

UNTIL WE MEASURE UP

TO GOD.EXACTLY. EXACTLY.

SO A NEW SLOGAN I'M SUGGESTING:

"IN BY TEN, OUT BY TWO."

- [ All Laughing ]

- [ Disk Jockey ]

THAT'S PRETTY GOOD, I GUESS.

ANY OTHERS ?

"AMERICA-- A REALLY GOOD PLACE

FOR A THICK, JUICY STEAK."

THAT DOESN'T GET IT

A SECOND TIME AROUND.

I LIKE THIS TOO.

"OUR CITIZENS ARE ARMED,

AND THEY LIKE TO SHOOT."

MAN, IT'S HARD TO BEAT THAT.

IT'S HARD TO BEAT THAT.

SEE ?SEE, THEN YOU DON'T NEED

TO SPEND SO MUCH ON DEFENSE...

IF YOU JUST HAVE A GOOD SLOGAN

THAT SCARES PEOPLE.

MM-HMM. AND A NEW SYMBOL

FOR THE COUNTRY.

YOU TALKED ABOUT A NEW SYMBOL.

IT WAS YOUR DAUGHTER, I THINK,

THAT LIKED THE IDEA OF--

WE HAVE THE BALD EAGLE.

RIGHT ? WE HAVE THE BALD EAGLE

NOW. AND WE'RE GOING, HEY, HAVE

YOU EVER SEEN A BALD EAGLE ?

I'VE NEVER SEEN A BALD EAGLE.

ANYBODY EVER SEEN A BALD EAGLE ?

NOT IN PERSON.

I'VE NEVER SEEN A BALD EAGLE.

YOU KNOW ? MY DAUGHTER SAYS,

"HEY, HOW ABOUT A BALD MAN ?"

I'VE SEEN A LOT OF THEM.

A BALD MAN-- THAT'S A SYMBOL

FOR AMERICA.

[ Disk Jockey ]

EVERYBODY WANTS TO CHANGE

THE NATIONAL ANTHEM.

I'VE GOT AN IDEA. VERY SIMPLE.

VERY SIMPLE. WE ALL KNOW IT.

WE SING IT AT THE BALL GAME.

"WE WILL, WE WILL,

ROCK YOU." HUH ?

YOU STAND UP,

HAND OVER YOUR HEART.

WE WILL, WE WILL, ROCK YOU

WE WILL, WE WILL, ROCK YOU

[ Audience Cheering ]

THANK YOU !

WE WILL, WE WILL

ROCK YOU WE WILL, WE WILL

ROCK YOUATTENTION, KMART SHOPPERS:

THIS IS A GREENLIGHT SPECIAL

AT GENERAL MOTORS.

[ Moore ]

HEY, IT LOOKS LIKE YOUR ROBOT

JUST WENT ON STRIKE.

YES.

WHOA, WHOA, WHOA, WHOA.

RAISE THE CAMERAS.

YOU GOT SOME LEMON PLEDGE,

I CAN TRY AND TAKE CARE

OF THE TABLE.

WHOA. NOT BAD.

DO YOU REMEMBER YOUR

FIRST VOTE, MR. WILLIAMS ?

UH, IT WAS IN 1980

FOR RONALD REAGAN.

IT'S A PROUD MOMENT.

AND YOU'VE NEVER USED

ANY DRUGS ?

YOU KNOW, I THINK WE SHOULD CALL

APPLE RIGHT NOW SO YOU COULD DO

A COMMERCIAL FOR THEM.

[ Shouting ]

I DROVE OVER MY LAPTOP.

[ Continues ]

OH, MY GOD,

GENERAL MOTORS !

SELL, SELL !

IT'S GOING UP JUST

AS YOU'RE TALKING HERE.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

[ Shouting ]

HEY, NO WONDER NO ONE VOTES.

I MEAN, THE RICHEST ONE PERCENT

GOT TWO POLITICAL PARTIES.

THERE THEY ARE.

AND WE GOT NONE.

THAT DOESN'T SEEM FAIR.

WE NEED OUR-- HEY, WAIT.

WE NEED OUR OWN PARTY.

AND GET TO THE BOTTOM

OF THIS TRUTH !

[ Announcer ] CONGRESSMAN

DORNAN, WHO WAS DEFEATED

IN HIS REELECTION BID LAST WEEK,

HAS FILED CHARGES CLAIMING

ILLEGAL MEXICANS VOTED FOR

HIS OPPONENT, LORETTA SANCHEZ.

TODAY, FILMMAKER MICHAEL MOORE

VISITED THE OFFICES

OF THE ORANGE COUNTRY REGISTRAR,

AND CITING CALIFORNIA

ELECTION CODE SECTION 2208,

HE FILED CHARGES CLAIMING

THE PEOPLE WHO VOTED FOR DORNAN

WERE INSANE.

PERMANENTE !

...TO SEE THE KAISER !

WE WANT TO SEE THE KAISER !

WE WANT TO SEE THE KAISER !

[ Audience Applauding ]

HELLO. [ Shouting ]

I'M ON A CAMPAIGN, ACTUALLY,

TO GET JESSE HELMS PUT

IN PRISON THIS YEAR.

[ Audience Laughing,

Applauding ]

WILL YOU JOIN ME

IN THIS EFFORT ?

THANK YOU VERY MUCH

FOR YOUR SUPPORT.

THANK YOU.

I APPRECIATE IT

SO MUCH.

YOU OKAY ?

I HOPE SO.

[ Moore Narrating ]

AFTER VISITING 47 CITIES

IN 50 DAYS,

I WAS ON MY WAY TO PORTLAND,

OREGON, MY LAST STOP

AND THE HOME OF NIKE,

THE LARGEST SHOE MANUFACTURER

IN THE WORLD.

NIKE CHAIRMAN PHIL KNIGHT

WAS NAMED IN MY BOOK AS ONE

OF MY FAVORITE CORPORATE CROOKS.

NIKE MAKES MOST

OF THEIR SHOES IN INDONESIA...

USING TEENAGE GIRLS

AND PAYING THEM LESS

THAN 40 CENTS AN HOUR.

THE COMPANY HAS

THE BACKING OF INDONESIA'S

BRUTAL MILITARY REGIME,

WHICH HAS COMMITTED GENOCIDE

IN EAST TIMOR.

NIKE MAKES NO SHOES

IN AMERICA.

[ Crowd Chanting ]

SHAME ON YOU ! SHAME ON YOU !

WHEN I ARRIVED IN PORTLAND,

I FOUND THE LOCAL CITIZENS

PRETTY UPSET...

ABOUT THE SITUATION.

[ Crowd Chanting ]

...CAN KISS MY BUTT.

PHIL KNIGHT CAN KISS MY BUTT.

[ Moore ]

UH-OH, NIKE HAS SENT IN

THE PORTLAND POLICE.

OFFICER, I WEAR A SIZE 11E.

THANK YOU.

[ Radio Theme ]

[ Disk Jockey ]

MICHAEL MOORE'S MY GUEST.

AND HIS NEW BOOK IS

DOWNSIZE THIS!

AND LET'S GO TO KEITH IN--

KEITH IN NIKE.

WHO'S THIS ?

KEITH PETERS ?

[ Man ]

THAT'S ME.

DO YOU WORK FOR NIKE,

KEITH ?

YEAH.OH, OKAY.

WHAT'S YOUR QUESTION

FOR MICHAEL ?

WELL, YOU KNOW,

I'M A BIG FAN OF MICHAEL

AND I THINK THE MOVIE WAS GREAT,

AND HE SPENT A LOT OF TIME

WALKING AROUND MICHIGAN

LOOKING FOR ROGER,

AND I SAY,

"YEAH, COME ON OUT."

[ Moore ] REALLY ?

YEAH.

IS PHIL THERE ?

YEAH.

AND HE WANTS

TO SEE MICHAEL ?

YEAH.BINGO.

[ Moore ] WHOA.

BINGO.ARE YOU SERIOUS ?

IS THIS A PRANK CALL ?

I'M SERIOUS. COME ON OUT.

WE'LL TALK MOVIES.

WE'LL TALK WHATEVER

YOU WANT TO.

[ Moore Narrating ]

I COULDN'T BELIEVE THE CHAIRMAN

OF NIKE WAS GRANTING ME A VISIT.

I WAS MET AT THE DOOR

BY P.R. DIRECTOR KEITH PETERS,

WHO WARNED ME

THAT PHIL KNIGHT'S WIFE

HAD GIVEN PHIL MY BOOK...

AS HER WEDDING ANNIVERSARY

PRESENT TO HIM...

WITH HIS FACE CIRCLED.

THIS WAS NOT THE WAY I WANTED

TO MEET THE FIRST C.E.O. WILLING

TO TALK TO ME.

HEY.

HOW YOU DOING ?

GOOD.THANKS FOR HAVING ME

IN HERE. I APPRECIATE IT.

NO, IT'LL BE FUN.

I GOT A LITTLE GIFT FOR YOU,

'CAUSE I ALWAYS COME

BEARING GIFTS...

WHENEVER I GET TO MEET A C.E.O.,

WHICH I'LL TELL YOU

ISN'T THAT OFTEN.

THEN YOU DON'T HAVE

TO TAKE TOO MANY GIFTS.

ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT.

NO, NO, NO.

THIS IS A GOOD ONE.

YOU'LL LIKE THIS ONE.

I'VE GOT HERE TWO TICKETS,

ONE IN MY NAME AND ONE

IN YOUR NAME,

FOR YOU AND I TO GO

TO INDONESIA TOGETHER,

ALL RIGHT ?

AND YOU SHOW ME

THOSE FACTORIES, YOU EXPLAIN

THIS TO ME, RIGHT--

WHAT WAS THE DATE

ON THOSE TICKETS ?

SUNDAY.OH, NO,

NOT A CHANCE.

NOT A CHANCE.

HUH ? NO ?

NO.

BUT THEY'RE TRANSFERRABLE.

I CAN CHANGE IT TO ANOTHER DAY.

NO, AND I'LL TELL YOU--

SERIOUSLY. LOOK AT THIS.

MICHAEL MOORE--

I GOT IT RIGHT HERE

IN YOUR NAME HERE--

AND PHIL KNIGHT.

PHIL KNIGHT.

LOOK AT THIS. YOU AND ME

ON SINGAPORE AIRLINES.

NO, NO. I'M NOT--

I'M NOT GOING.

IT'S A GOOD AIRLINE.

YEAH, IT'S A GRERE AIRLINE.

HERE, SIT BACK DOWN.

WE GOTTA NEGOTIATE THIS DEAL.

ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT.

HAVE YOU BEEN THERE ?

I'VE NEVER BEEN

TO INDONESIA.

OH, YOU'VE GOTTA GO.

NO, I CAN'T GO BETWEEN NOW

AND THE REST OF THIS YEAR.

YOUR WIFE.

REMEMBER THE WIFE

THAT GAVE YOU THE BOOK ?

MY WIFE MAY MAKE ME GO.

THAT'S WHY I WON'T TELL HER

ABOUT IT.YOU SHOULD TELL HER

MICHAEL MOORE CAME IN HERE

WITH A FREE TICKET.

THIS IS A FREE TICKET.

PHIL !ANOTHER ANNIVERSARY PRESENT.

IT'S A FREE TICKET

TO INDONESIA.

I UNDERSTAND THAT.

I MEAN, BASICALLY,

YOU'VE GOT, UH, YOU KNOW,

AN UNDERDEVELOPED COUNTRY

WITH A-A REPRESSIVE REGIME.

AND THE WAY THEY PULL THEMSELVES

OUT OF THIS THING IS BY HAVING--

I THINK TRADE HELPS US.

THAT'S A SEPARATE DISCUSSION

FROM AN AMERICAN COMPANY...

GOING INTO INDONESIA

AND WORKING

WITH A REGIME...

THAT KILLED 200,000 PEOPLE.

THAT'S ALMOST A FORM

OF GENOCIDE.

I KNOW THAT THAT'S GOT

TO BOTHER YOU.

I DON'T KNOW YOU

PERSONALLY, BUT I KNOW

YOU HAVE A CONSCIENCE.

[ Exhales ]

WELL, I CERTAINLY WOULDN'T

APPROVE OF ANY OF THAT SORT

OF THING.BUT, BASICALLY-- I MEAN,

HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE KILLED

IN THE CULTURAL REVOLUTION ?

HOW MUCH IS ENOUGH ?

YOU KNOW, HOW MUCH IS ENOUGH

IF YOU ARE A BILLIONAIRE ?

WOULDN'T IT BE OKAY TO BE

JUST A HALF A BILLIONAIRE ?

WOULDN'T IT BE OKAY

FOR YOUR COMPANY TO MAKE

A LITTLE LESS MONEY...

IF IT MEANT PROVIDING SOME JOBS

HERE IN THIS COUNTRY ?

NO, BUT I MEAN--

NO, JUST THINK ABOUT THIS.

NO, I'VE THOUGHT ABOUT IT A LOT,

AND I'LL GIVE YOU

THE ANSWER TO IT.

BASICALLY, WHAT DRIVES ME

IS NOT MONEY. I'M NOT IN THIS

FOR MONEY ANYMORE.

RIGHT.I'VE GOT ENOUGH. BASICALLY,

WHAT I WANT TO DO BEFORE I GO

TO THAT GREAT SHOE FACTORY...

IN THE SKY IS MAKE THIS

AS GOOD A COMPANY

AS I CAN MAKE IT.

I SIMPLY HAVE A BASIC BELIEF,

HAVING BEEN BURNED ON IT ONCE...

AND REALLY BELIEVING THIS VERY

STRONGLY THAT AMERICANS DO NOT

WANT TO MAKE SHOES.

SO--THEY DON'T WANT TO MAKE SHOES.

THAT ISN'T THEIR AMBITION.

THAT'S FINE.

IF I COULD FIND--

IF I COULD FIND 500 PEOPLE

IN FLINT, MICHIGAN...

WHO WANNA MAKE SHOES,

WILL YOU OPEN THE FACTORY ?

I DIDN'T SAY THEY DIDN'T WANT

TO MAKE SHOES. I THINK

THEY DON'T WANT THOSE JOBS.

NO, IF THEY DO.

IF THEY WILL WORK THOSE JOBS,

WILL YOU COME TO FLINT ?

[ Chuckling ]

WELL, YOU'LL HAVE TO CONVINCE ME

THAT THEY WANNA MAKE SHOES...

IF I CAN DO THAT--

AND CAN DO SO

REASONABLY ECONOMICALLY.

YES. NOW, THEY WON'T WORK

FOR FIVE DOLLARS A DAY.

I UNDERSTAND THAT.

BUT REASONABLY ECONOMICALLY,

WITHOUT--

I WILL-- I WILL EXPLORE IT.

YOU WILL DO THAT ?

I DIDN'T SAY I'D COME.

I SAID I'LL EXPLORE IT.

YOU'LL EXPLORE IT.

SERIOUSLY, NOW ?

WITH SINCERITY.

WITH SINCERITY.

OH, I'LL SHAKE YOUR HAND

FOR THAT.ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT.

FILMMAKER MICHAEL MOORE

IS URGING THE WORLD'S LARGEST

ATHLETIC SHOE COMPANY...

TO OPEN A FACTORY,

A FACTORY IN FLINT.

MICHAEL CHASTISED THE CHAIRMAN

OF NIKE, PHILIP KNIGHT,

CRITICIZING THE COMPANY

FOR MAKING MOST OF ITS SHOES

IN INDONESIA.

SO MOORE HAS COME HOME

TO CONVINCE KNIGHT.

HE'S STAGING AN EVENT TOMORROW

IN FRONT OF CITY HALL.

SO TOMORROW AT NOON,

I WANNA PROVE HIM WRONG.

I WANT THE PEOPLE OF FLINT

WHO WOULD LIKE TO WORK,

WHO WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A JOB

AT NIKE, TO COME HERE AND STAND

IN FRONT OF CITY HALL.

I'LL HAVE MY FILM CREW HERE.

DRESS WARM.

AND WE'LL MAKE A VIDEO MESSAGE

TO HIM AND SHOW HIM THAT

THE PEOPLE OF FLINT,

IF THEY HAD AN OPPORTUNITY

TO WORK, WOULD CERTAINLY WORK.

[ Chanting ]

WE NEED JOBS ! WE NEED JOBS !

WE NEED JOBS !

WE NEED JOBS !

FLINT NEEDS JOBS !

FLINT NEEDS JOBS !

FLINT NEEDS JOBS !

FLINT NEEDS JOBS !

FLINT NEEDS JOBS !

FLINT NEEDS JOBS !

MR. KNIGHT, I'M 37 YEARS OLD.

FOR 25 YEARS,

I'VE BEEN WEARING NIKE.

IF NIKE MEANS THAT MUCH TO ME,

FLINT SHOULD MEAN

THAT MUCH TO YOU.

IF YOU DON'T MAKE 'EM HERE,

WE SHOULDN'T BUY 'EM.

THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE IN FLINT

AND ALL OVER MICHIGAN

THAT NEED JOBS,

BUT ESPECIALLY IN FLINT,

AND I'M ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE.

IF I CAN BUY MY SON

THESE AIR JORDANS

AND HE CAN WEAR 'EM,

YOU BEST BELIEVE

I WILL HELP YOU MAKE 'EM.

COME TO FLINT.

[ Onlookers ]

ALL RIGHT !

WE'RE HARD WORKERS IN THIS AREA.

WE'VE BEEN WORKING A LONG TIME.

FIVE GENERATIONS,

FOUR GENERATIONS OF HARD WORKERS

PUTTIN' CARS TOGETHER.

WE CAN PUT TOGETHER

YOUR TENNIS SHOE.

PLEASE GIVE US A CHANCE.

THANK YOU.

VERY IMPRESSIVE.

SO WHAT DO YOU THINK ?

I THINK THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE

THAT DON'T HAVE JOBS

WILL TAKE ANY JOB,

BUT THAT GIVEN CHOICE,

THAT AMERICANS REALLY DON'T WANT

TO WORK IN SHOE FACTORIES.

I STILL BELIEVE THAT.

NO, BUT I JUST SHOWED

YOU THESE PEOPLE HERE.

YEAH, THEY SAID THAT. AND I

THINK ANY UNEMPLOYED PERSON WILL

SAY THAT I WOULD LIKE ANY JOB.

I MEAN, BASICALLY,

YOU KNOW, FLINT ISN'T

ON OUR RADAR SCREEN RIGHT NOW...

AS FAR AS A WAREHOUSE

OR A SALES OFFICE.

[ Groans ]

WOULD YOU DO IT AS

A PERSONAL FAVOR TO ME ?

[ Chuckles ] NO.

[ Moore Narrating ]

PHIL SWORE HE WOULD NEVER BUILD

A FACTORY IN FLINT.

BUT HE DID PRESENT ME WITH

THE ONLY AMERICAN MADE PAIR OF

NIKE SHOES, BUILT JUST FOR ME.

I'LL TELL YOU WHAT--

HOW 'BOUT THIS ? WHY DON'T YOU

AND I HAVE A RACE ?

NO, WE'RE NOT GONNA HAVE A RACE.

THAT WAS SUGGESTED ALREADY.

NO, WE'LL DO--

NO, HOW 'BOUT THIS ?

WE'LL DO A 100-YARD DASH,

YOU AND ME, RIGHT ?

AND-AND IF YOU WIN,

I-I'LL ALWAYS WEAR THESE NIKES

WHEREVER I GO, ON EVERY TV SHOW,

WHATEVER.IF I WIN, YOU HAVE

TO BUILD THE SHOE FACTORY

IN FLINT, MICHIGAN.

[ Chuckling ]

NO, THERE'S NO RACE.

HOW ABOUT ARM WRESTLING ?

COME ON. COME ON.

NO, I'M NOT GONNA ARM WRESTLE.

YOU WOULD WIN THAT ONE.

NO, NO.

DON'T ASSUME THAT.

NO, I'M NOT GONNA

ARM WRESTLE YOU.

IF YOU WIN--

IF YOU WIN, I'LL WEAR

THOSE NIKE SHOES FOREVER.

NO, NO, NO.

BUT IF I WIN, WE GOTTA

MAKE SOME JOBS IN FLINT.

WE'RE NOT ARM WRESTLING.

COME ON, PHIL.

[ Moore Narrating ]

I ISSUED PHIL

ONE LAST CHALLENGE:

TO CONTRIBUTE MONEY

TO THE SCHOOLS OF FLINT.

IT'S VERY UNLIKELY THAT

I WOULD MAKE A CONTRIBUTION TO

THE FLINT SCHOOLS IN THE FUTURE.

IF I MADE THE CONTRIBUTION,

WOULD YOU MATCH ME ?

UM--I'LL CONTRIBUTE $10,000 TO DO

THAT FOR THE FLINT SCHOOL SYSTEM

IF YOU'LL DO THAT.

I WILL MATCH YOU.

YOU'LL MATCH ME.

I WILL.WELL, I'LL SHAKE YOUR HAND

FOR THAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

OKAY.YES, YOU'RE WELCOME.

ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT.

GEEZ, TEN GRAND.

[ Chuckling ]

YOU'RE THE ONE--

YOUR STOCK

WENT UP $3 BILLION LAST YEAR.

I GOT TEN GRAND

OUT OF YOU.

[ Moore Narrating ]

WELL, HEY, IT'S SOMETHING,

RIGHT ?AND I KNOW WHAT MOST OF YOU ARE

THINKING: I SURE WOULD'VE LIKED

TO HAVE SEEN THAT FOOTRACE.

WELL, MAYBE NEXT MOVIE.

MEANWHILE, BACK IN MY NECK

OF THE WOODS IN THE MIDWEST,

THERE WAS SOME PRETTY GOOD NEWS.

THE PEOPLE AT THE BORDERS

IN DES MOINES HAD VOTED IN

THE UNION.

YES ! YES !

IT-IT'S SORT OF STUNNING

AFTER YOU DO SOMETHING

FOR SO LONG.

IT'S SORT OF HARD...

TO ALL OF A SUDDEN

START THINKING

ANY OTHER WAY.

BUT TOMORROW MORNING--

WE'LL PROBABLY ALL SLEEP

THE SLEEP OF THE DEAD TONIGHT.

[ Chuckling ]

THAT'LL BE GREAT.

[ Moore Narrating ]

AND IN SUBURBAN PHILADELPHIA:

WE JUST GOT THE WORD.

THE FINAL VOTE WAS 26-20.

WE GOT A UNION.

[ Laughing, Whooping ]

THERE YOU GO.

SWELL MY CHEST

TO FULL SIZE.

I'M GONNA RUN OVER

TO ACME AND LET SOMEONE

OVER THERE KNOW.

OKAY.[ Moore Narrating ]

THE BORDERS WORKERS WERE

SO HAPPY, THEIR FIRST THOUGHT...

WAS TO RUN ACROSS THE STREET TO

TELL THE GROCERY STORE BAGGERS

THE GOOD NEWS.

IT KIND OF GAVE ME

A GOOD FEELING,

THEM REALIZING EVERYONE WAS

SORT OF IN THE SAME BOAT,

AND IF THINGS

ARE GONNA GET BETTER,

IT'S GONNA HAPPEN RIGHT HERE.

THESE COMPANIES--

BIG BUSINESS, RIGHT ?

THEY HAD US TALKING THAT TALK

FOR SO LONG-- FREE ENTERPRISE,

FREE MARKET, CAPITALISM--

WHEN THEY WERE THE LAST ONES

TO BELIEVE IN IT.

I MEAN, IT'S-IT'S ALL

SO WEIRD, ISN'T IT ?

NOW-NOW WE'RE AT A POINT

IN OUR HISTORY...

WHERE WE HAVE ONE CANDIDATE,

ONE PARTY, ONE COMPANY.

[ Audience Laughing ]

I LIKE TO SAY

ONE EVIL EMPIRE DOWN,

ONE TO GO.

[ Audience Clapping ]

I'VE TRAVELED EVERY ROAD

IN THIS HERE LAND

I'VE BEEN EVERYWHERE, MAN

I'VE BEEN EVERYWHERE, MAN

ACROSS THE DESERTS BARE, MAN

I'VE BREATHED

THE MOUNTAIN AIR, MAN

OF TRAVEL

I'VE HAD MY SHARE, MAN

I'VE BEEN EVERYWHERE

I'VE BEEN TO RENO, CHICAGO

FARGO, MINNESOTA, BUFFALO

TORONTO, WINSLOW, SARASOTA

WICHITA, TULSA, OTTAWA

OKLAHOMA--

DID YOU HEAR THE STORY

ABOUT LAST NIGHT--

TURN IT OFF NOW.

LAST-- THE STORY LAST NIGHT

IN THE HOTEL ?

ABOUT THE NAKED MAN ?

I'VE BEEN EVERYWHERE, MAN

I'VE BEEN EVERYWHERE, MAN

I LOOK OUT THE PEEPHOLE,

AND THERE IS A STARK NAKED MAN--

I MEAN BUTT NAKED, NOTHING ON--

BANGING ON MY DOOR.

AND MY-- THE FIRST THOUGHT THAT

GOES THROUGH MY HEAD IS, "THIS

IS HOW IT'S ALL GOING TO END."

[ Audience Laughing

Hysterically ]

GENERAL MOTORS HAS SENT

A NAKED MAN.

THEY DON'T--

THEY DON'T EVEN HAVE

THE DECENCY TO SEND

THE ASSASSIN WITH CLOTHES ON.

I'VE BEEN EVERYWHERE, MAN

ACROSS THE DESERTS BARE, MAN

I'VE BREATHED

THE MOUNTAIN AIR, MAN

[ Moore ] AND IF 12-YEAR-OLDS

ARE WORKING IN THESE FACTORIES,

THAT'S OKAY WITH YOU ?

THERE ARE NOT 12-YEAR-OLDS

WORKING IN THE FACTORY.

HOW OLD ?BASICALLY, MINIMUM AGE IS 14.

WELL, HOW 'BOUT 14 THEN ?

WELL, DOESN'T THAT

BOTHER YOU ?

NO. SHEFFERVILLE, JACKSONVILLE

WATERVILLE, COSTA RICA

PITTSFIELD

SPRINGFIELD, BAKERSFIELD

SHREVEPORT, HACKENSACK

CADILLAC--

[ Woman ]

YOU SHOULD RUN FOR PRESIDENT.

IT WOULD SEND A MESSAGE.

[ Audience Laughing ]

WHAT WOULD BE THE MESSAGE ?

"EAT OUT MORE OFTEN" ?

NO. I'M A BAD EXAMPLE.

I BREATHE

THE MOUNTAIN AIR, MAN

- OF TRAVEL

I'VE HAD MY SHARE, MAN

- I DON'T GIVE A FUCK...

ABOUT YOU, YOU, YOU, YOU, YOU.

I'VE BEEN TO PITTSBURGH

PARKESBURG, GRAVELLBURG

COLORADO, ELLENSBURG

REXBURG, VICKSBURG, EL DORADO

LARIMORE, ATMORE

HAVERSTRAW, CHATTANIKA--

AND I THINK I CAN SAY OF

THE POOR LITTLE

INDONESIAN WORKERS:

COME BACK IN FIVE YEARS, THEY'LL

PROBABLY BE-- ONE OF THEM WILL

PROBABLY BE YOUR LANDLORD.

WHAT DOES THAT MEAN ?

I'VE BEEN EVERYWHERE, MAN

ACROSS THE DESERTS BARE, MAN

I BREATHE

THE MOUNTAIN AIR, MAN

OF TRAVEL

I'VE HAD MY SHARE, MAN

AH, AH, AH.

YEAH, YOU'RE POINTING

RIGHT TO YOUR UVULA,

BASICALLY.

MM-HMM. I THOUGHT GUYS

DIDN'T HAVE THOSE.

I'VE BEEN EVERYWHERE

NO, I-I THINK

YOU'RE WASTING BATTERIES,

ACTUALLY.I MEAN, AND DAVID

WITH HIS ONLY ONE BATTERY--

BRIAN, WILL YOU BACK OFF ?

YOU SEEM REALLY UPSET.

WELL, I CAN'T SHOOT.

I DON'T HAVE THE BATTERY.

JUST RELAX. THE BATTERIES

ARE CHARGING UPSTAIRS.

SO WE NEED--

WHAT ELSE DO YOU NEED,

A TRIPOD ?

I REALLY WANTED THIS

TO HAVE A HAPPY ENDING.

WELL, I THINK--

I REALLY WANTED YOU TO,

AT THE END OF THE FILM, SAY,

"I'M A LITTLE DIFFERENT

THAN WHAT'S GOING ON HERE

IN CORPORATE AMERICA."

YOU KNOW,

"I CARE ABOUT THE FACT

THAT AMERICANS NEED JOBS.

"I CARE ABOUT THE FACT

THAT INDONESIANS NEED

A LIVEABLE WAGE...

"AND THAT KIDS

SHOULDN'T BE WORKING

IN THESE FACTORIES...

"AND THAT I'M GOING TO BE

A MAN OF CONSCIENCE

AND A LEADER...

AND DO SOMETHING

ABOUT IT."

THAT-THAT'S THE ENDING

I WANTED FOR THIS MOVIE.

THAT'S WHAT I REALLY

WAS HOPING FOR HERE. AND--

AND I'M WAITING

FOR THE ENDING

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